£100
COORG WAR INTEREST: AN INDIAN WHITE METAL MEDALLION
The obverse with cast script (possibly Urdu)
Together with the medallion is a small piece of paper with the following text -
The wearer of this medal was shot by one of Capt. Smyth's Company on the 2nd of April 1834 at the taking of Coorg in India.
Translation
God gives the Victory
O God praise be to thee, most high, by thy illustrious hand I thy poor slave have sent this person against the Enemy for the sake of Battle and excepting thy aid and support, most holy, most mighty, and effulgent, I do not know another, support therefore is in every way incumbent on thee.
Translated by - Siddon Batch. of Oriental Literature, Kings College, Feby 1835, London
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