British North Borneo Company Medal 1897-1916. Bronze issue with clasp 'Punitive Expeditions'

An un-named and un-marked medal

With makers name 'Spink & Son - London' in reverse exergue

The clasp was awarded for 'Punitive Expeditions' carried out in 1898 in British North Borneo

Important: Reference, British Battles & Medals' (Hayward, Birch & Bishop, 7th Edition, Spink, 2006) Spink records indicate that 18 x silver & 100 bronze medals with this clasp were initially produced, and supplied un-named, but that only 5 x silver medals were subsequently awarded to Officers (and 47 in bronze awarded to other ranks). Circa 1905 it was decreed that recipients of bronze medals could be exchanged for silver medals. It is not known how many recipients of the bronze issue medals applied for the exchange, but it is recorded that Spink supplied a further 9 x silver medals with this clasp in 1905, and that a further 12 x unnamed silver medals with this clasp were supplied in 1909.

A choice & rare campaign medal

Condition: About EF

Code: 22863