Here's the other medal that was mentioned!
British Army campaign in Ava between 1824 and 1826.
Ava is a city in central Burma but also refers to the general area of Upper Burma. However, this relatively peaceful land was not annexed into the British Empire until 1886.
Source of names: The Army of India Medal roll 1799-1826, compiled by R W Gould, published by J B Hayward & Son, London. ISBN 0 903754 08 8. (in British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections).
The Army Of India Medal 1803
This medal was awarded in March 1851 for surviving veterans of the India and Burma wars between the years 1799 - 1826 for those who did not receive H.E.I.C medals. This medal was struck to commemorate twenty one notable campaigns and battles some more memorable from the campaigns of the expansion of the British Empire on the subcontinent campaign are Battle of Delhi, Assye, and Ava. The medal bore on the obverse the Wyon head of Queen Victoria, on the reverse, Victory seated, with an olive branch and wreath in her hands, and a lotus tree in the background. The ribbon for this award is plain pale blue.
Annie
http://www.geocities.com/moriancumerb/Napoleon.htmlsomething to read!!
