INDIAN ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL 1848 FOR EUROPEANS, VICTORIA, Honourable East India Company's Arms to reverse (unnamed, as issued). Couple of minor rim nicks, otherwise Extremely Fine, virtually as struck, an attractive example, a useful space filler, and with a length of original ribbon.
Note: this is an unnamed specimen, not a name erased medal.
Awarded exclusively to European other ranks serving in the East India Company's armies, 1848-1862, including men serving in regiments that became British Army regiments after 1861; the 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers (the post 1880 1st Battalion Royal Muster Fusiliers), the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers (the post 1880 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers), the 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers (the post 1880 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers), the 104th Bengal Fusiliers (the post 1880 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers), the 105th Madras Light Infantry (the post 1880 2nd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), the 106th Bombay Light Infantry (the post 1880 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry), the 107th Bengal Infantry (the post 1880 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment), the 108th Madras Infantry (the post 1880 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers) and the 109th Bombay Infantry (the post 1880 2nd Battalion Leinster Regiment),
