The Deccan Medal 1778-1784
The Second Anglo–Mysore War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company from 1780 to 1784. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the conflict pitting Britain against the French and Dutch in the American Revolutionary War sparked Anglo–Mysorean hostilities in India.
The Deccan medal, issued in either gold or silver, was issued by the East India Company to Indian officers who fought in Gujarat for the First Maratha War of 1778-1782 and in the Carnatic during the Second Mysore War of 1780-1784.
The obverse of the Deccan medal features the figure of Britannia seated on a military trophy, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand out towards a fort where the British flag is flying. A Persian inscription that reads: PRESENTED BY THE CALCUTTA GOVERNMENT IN MEMORY OF GOOD SERVICE AND INTREPID VALOR, AD 1784, AH 1199 is in the center of the reverse. Around the circumference of the medal's reverse is written: LIKE THIS COIN MAY IT ENDURE IN THE WORLD, AND THE EXERTIONS OF THOSE LION-HEARTED ENGLISHMEN OF GREAT NAME, VICTORIOUS FROM HINDOSTAN TO THE DECCAN, BECOME EXALTED.
Large Deccan Medal Fitted with Straight Suspender
Large Deccan Medal on Cord
It was awarded in 43mm gold to Subadars (native officer ranking below British commissioned officers and above non-commissioned officers), 43mm silver-gilt to Jemadars (lowest rank of commissioned officers) and other native officers, and 32mm silver to native non-commissioned officers and soldiers.
Small Deccan Medal on Cord
The Second Anglo–Mysore War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company from 1780 to 1784. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the conflict pitting Britain against the French and Dutch in the American Revolutionary War sparked Anglo–Mysorean hostilities in India.
The Deccan medal, issued in either gold or silver, was issued by the East India Company to Indian officers who fought in Gujarat for the First Maratha War of 1778-1782 and in the Carnatic during the Second Mysore War of 1780-1784.
The obverse of the Deccan medal features the figure of Britannia seated on a military trophy, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand out towards a fort where the British flag is flying. A Persian inscription that reads: PRESENTED BY THE CALCUTTA GOVERNMENT IN MEMORY OF GOOD SERVICE AND INTREPID VALOR, AD 1784, AH 1199 is in the center of the reverse. Around the circumference of the medal's reverse is written: LIKE THIS COIN MAY IT ENDURE IN THE WORLD, AND THE EXERTIONS OF THOSE LION-HEARTED ENGLISHMEN OF GREAT NAME, VICTORIOUS FROM HINDOSTAN TO THE DECCAN, BECOME EXALTED.
Large Deccan Medal Fitted with Straight Suspender
Large Deccan Medal on Cord
It was awarded in 43mm gold to Subadars (native officer ranking below British commissioned officers and above non-commissioned officers), 43mm silver-gilt to Jemadars (lowest rank of commissioned officers) and other native officers, and 32mm silver to native non-commissioned officers and soldiers.
Small Deccan Medal on Cord
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