This medal was awarded for a number of minor campaigns and operations in India  before and after the First World War. The medals were struck at the Royal Mint in London and by the Indian government in Calcutta - the only difference between the two versions is that the British version has an ornate claw suspender and the Indian version is plain. Medals with the bars NORTH WEST FRONTIER 1908 and ABHOR 1911-12 were also issued in bronze to native bearers.

CAMPAIGN

India 1908 to 1935.

BRANCH OF SERVICE

British and Indian forces.

CLASPS

* 14 see below.

OBVERSE

Three obverse types were used: Edward VII (1908-10) ; George V Kaiser - i - Hind (1910-30) ; George V Indiae Imp (1930-35).

REVERSE

The fortress at Jamrud in the Khyber Pass, with the name INDIA in a wreath at the foot.A

RIBBON

Green with a broad blue central band.

NAMING

DATE

1908.

ISSUED

METAL

Silver .

SIZE

36mm.

*  NW Frontier 1908; Ditto bronze; Abhor 1911-12; Ditto bronze; Afghanistan NWF 1919; Mahsud 1919-20; Mahsud 1919-20 and Waziristan 1919-21; Malabar 1921-22; Waziristan 1921-24; Waziristan 1925; NW Frontier 1930-31; Burma 1930-32; Mohmand 1933; NW Frontier 1935.

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