Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, unnamed as issued, steel clip and ring suspension, silver three prong ribbon buckle, light contact marks therefore very fine and rare The obverse shows the white elephant of Ava submissive before the British lion, Union flag behind the lion, a lowered Burmese flag behind the elephant and the Persian legend 'The Elephant of Ava is obedient to the Lion of England 1826' The reverse showing the storming of the Great Pagoda at Rangoon with the Irrawaddy flotilla to the left whilst General Campbell directs the attack from beneath a palm tree. The Persian inscription reads 'A medal for the victorious British soldiers on Ava'.
Honourable East India Company Medal for Burma 1824-26, unnamed as issued, steel clip and ring suspension, silver three prong ribbon buckle, light contact marks therefore very fine and rare The obverse shows the white elephant of Ava submissive before the British lion, Union flag behind the lion, a lowered Burmese flag behind the elephant and the Persian legend 'The Elephant of Ava is obedient to the Lion of England 1826' The reverse showing the storming of the Great Pagoda at Rangoon with the Irrawaddy flotilla to the left whilst General Campbell directs the attack from beneath a palm tree. The Persian inscription reads 'A medal for the victorious British soldiers on Ava'.
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