United Kingdom. An 1895 India Medal, 39Th Royal Infantry Auction Archive The front has a vertical

The front has a vertical row of five silvered non-magnetic metal buttons with pebbled uppers sewn in place on the right side

the outlines of the “cracks” on the forehead are shallow”

near mint condition with particularly fine silvering

and held on under intense artillery fire until relieved two days later

Footnote: Badge was examined by Mr Tomislav Muhić (author of the book "Serbian and Yugoslavian Orders and Decorations") who concluded the badge "is a textbook example by official Imperial Austrian maker Karl Fleischhacker

United Kingdom. An 1895 India Medal, 39Th Royal Infantry Auction Archive The front has a verticalAn 1895 India Medal to the 39th Royal Infantry Punjab Frontier 1897 98; (771 Riflm. Waran Jkak, 39th Rl Infty) Naming is engraved in running script, with slack suspension, and contact to rim obscuring name, good.