Scinde Medal | |
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Type | Campaign medal |
Awarded for | Campaign service. |
Description | Silver disk 36 mm wide |
Presented by | Honourable East India Company (United Kingdom) |
Eligibility | British Army Indian Army, mainly from the Bombay Presidency |
Campaign(s) | MEEANEE 1843, HYDERABAD 1843, MEEANEE, HYDERABAD 1843 |
Clasps | None |
Established | 1843 |
Ribbon bar. |
The Scinde Medal (Sindhi: سندي ميڊل) was authorised on 22 September 1843 and issued to soldiers of the Honourable East India Company, the 22nd Regiment of Foot of the British Army and members of the Indian Navy who crewed the Indus Flotilla, who participated in Major General Sir Charles Napier's conquest of Scinde between 1842 and 1843.[1]