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Lot No.853
AUC11
Medals, Badges, Decorations
Auction Date: 15-03-2013
Silver
Empress of India' Medal, 1877 (also known as KIH or 'Kaisar-i-Hind' medal) in Silver, 98.70g with suspender and ribbon intact. Obv: Queen Victoria, bust, wearing small crown and veiled. Obverse text: "VICTORIA 1ST JANUARY 1877". Rev: border, decorative half-diaper type pattern, 4 mm wide, around the edge of the medal enclosing the text which is in Persian, English and Hindi. Reverse text: "EMPRESS OF INDIA" (the same also in Persian Kaisar-i-Hind above and Hindi Hind ka Kaisar below). Suspender: straight bar (with central curvature). Ribbon colours: purple & yellow. Ribbon pattern: yellow/purple/yellow, with original mint cover.
Extremely Fine, Very Rare.
The 'Empress of India Medals' in silver (some were struck in gold) were presented to selected noblemen and gentlemen, European and Indian, and to a selected soldier of each British and Indian regiment in India, on the occasion of the 'Delhi Durbar' of 1877 that marked the proclamation of Queen Victoria as the 'Empress of India'. The medal was intended to be worn around the neck via the crimson (edged with gold) riband.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 50,000-60,000
Sold For :
Rs. 50,000
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