India General Service Medal 1908 - 1935 : Sapper Maduramuthu, Indian Sappers and Miners

India General Service Medal 1908 - 1935 (2nd issue) with the bars 'AFGHANISTAN N.W.F. 1919' and 'WAZIRISTAN 1919-21'. The recipient's number, rank, name and unit are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The crowned bust of King George V in robes, and a legend 'GEORGIVS V KAISER-I-HIND' around the circumference. Reverse: The fort at Jamrud on the Khyber Pass, India, with mountains in the background. Below the word 'INDIA' between a branch of oak and olive, tied with a ribbon at the base. The medal is fitted with a swivelling floral suspender and two fish tailed rectangular bars that have a rosette in the lower corners. A piece of 32 mm wide green ribbon with a central dark blue band is attached to the suspender.

Awarded to Sapper Maduramuthu, Second Squadron, Indian Sappers and Miners for service in Afghanistan on the North West Frontier and Waziristan between May 1919 and January 1921. There were three obverse designs for this medal - the first with Edward VII and the third for George V, with a different legend from the 2nd issue. Twelve separate bars were issued over a period of 27 years. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.