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This medal is a 50 millimetres (2.0 in) diameter six pointed star made of bronze, from guns captured during the
Gwalior Campaign. In the centre of the star is a silver disk, which bears the Date 29th Dec, 1843 and the name of one of the Gwalior Campaign battles, either Maharajpoor or Punniar.
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1904:Sutlej Medal
1891:Gwalior Star
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1878:Scinde Medal
1768:Ceylon Medal
1679:Mysore Medal
1671:Deccan Medal
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1650:18th Century
1455:21st century
1225:Pacific Star
1035:1914–15 Star
933:20th century
832:Ashanti Star
598:Baltic Medal
572:Punjab Medal
546:Sutlej Medal
533:Gwalior Star
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520:Scinde Medal
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340:18th century
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129:Gwalior Star
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65:Presented by
27:Gwalior Star
18:
1865:1843 – 1858
1789:Coorg Medal
1781:Burma Medal
1755:Nepal Medal
1711:1801 – 1837
1546:Ebola Medal
1380:Korea Medal
1213:Africa Star
1189:Arctic Star
974:Tibet Medal
899:(1899–1902)
886:(1899–1902)
873:(1899–1902)
821:(1895–1902)
819:India Medal
782:(1887–1900)
741:Egypt Medal
381:(1793–1814)
368:(1793–1815)
355:(1793–1840)
179:Description
145:Bengal Army
88:Campaign(s)
80:Eligibility
57:Awarded for
1964:Categories
1747:Java Medal
1507:Iraq Medal
1444:Gulf Medal
1249:Italy Star
1237:Burma Star
212:References
1757:(1814-16)
1741:(1809-10)
1733:(1803–26)
1673:(1778-4)
1023:1914 Star
963:(1902–56)
756:(1886–97)
704:(1878–80)
652:(1866–70)
639:(1857–60)
587:(1852–95)
470:(1839–42)
418:(1806–14)
405:(1803–26)
1932:(1857–8)
1919:(1848–9)
1906:(1845–6)
1830:(1841–2)
1783:(1824-6)
1689:(1795–6)
1681:(1790-2)
1367:Post War
860:(1897–9)
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834:(1895–6)
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795:(1890–7)
743:(1882–9)
691:(1877–9)
678:(1873–4)
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626:(1857–8)
613:(1854–6)
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574:(1848–9)
548:(1845–6)
483:(1841–2)
165:Maharaja
1660:(1766)
169:Gwalior
161:Gwalior
155:History
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1749:(1811)
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21:Award
127:The
101:None
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