Scinde Medal 1843. With 'Hyderabad 1843' reverse. Contemporary engraved naming (Private Dowlut Ram. 6th Regt. N.I.)

The medal pierced with contemporary replacement silver ring and straight silver looped suspender

The recipient was an Indian soldier of the Hindu faith holding the rank of Private while serving with the 6th Regiment of Native Infantry, a unit of the Bombay Presidency Army of the Honourable East India Company

Provenance: Spink, August 1988

The 6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry could trace its origins to 1775. During its existence, the unit had a long record of active campaign service, and carried the Battle Honour 'Seringapatam' awarded for the defeat of Tipu Sultan in 1799 - the honour being awarded to the regiment in 1823. Reference 'History of the Bombay Army' (Sir Patrick Cadell, 1937', the below following is a summary of the active campaign service of the regiment:

- 1775: Gujarat
- 1778: Aras, Deccan
- 1783: Wadgaon, Malabar, Cannanore
- 1790: Mysore
- 1792: Cannanore, Seringapatam
- 1797: Malabar
- 1799: Mysore, Seringaptam
- 1800: Malabar
- 1815: Kutch, Kathiawar (Flank Coy's)
- 1817: Gujarat
- 1818: Malwa
- 1840: Nagar Parkar, Dwarka, Kittur, Sind
- 1842: Afghanistan, Kandahar (Light Coy)
- 1843: Sind
- 1859: Kathiawar

Chronology: 6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, had its origins in 1775 and it's subsequent chronology was;

- 1775: 6th Regiment of Bombay Sepoys
- 1788: 2nd Battalion 6th Regiment of Bombay Sepoys
- 1796: 2nd Battalion 3rd Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1824: 6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry
- 1882: Regiment was disbanded

A rare seen named meda on the market to the 6th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry

Condition: About GVF

Code: 24533