India General Service Medal 1895-1902. Victoria obverse bronze issue. No clasp (Dooly Bearer Dhurai 57th Fd Bty R A)

Medal is sans suspension & clasp(s), i.e. planchet only

The recipient was an Indian non-combatant follower of the Hindu faith, who performed the trade of 'Dooly Bearer' while attached to the 37th Field Battery Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army in India

Circa 1897-98, the 57th Field Battery, Royal Artillery was deployed on the North-West Frontier of India as part of the Peshawar Column of the Tirah Expeditionary Force, and qualified for the India General Service Medal 1895, with clasps 'Punjab Frontier 1896-97 & 'Tirah 1897-98'

Condition: GF

Code: 26327