The Mysore Campaign Medal 1790-1792
During the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-92) in 1790, Tipu Sultan attacked the State of Travancore, an ally of Great Britain. In retaliation, British Generals Meadows and Abercromby attacked South Mysore. The following year, Lord Cornwallis launched a major offensive driving deep into Mysore. After securing Bangalore, Cornwallis defeated Tipu Sultan at Arakere and drove towards Seringapatam. A shortage of supplies forced him to withdraw.
Later in 1791, Cornwallis again took to the offensive by advancing on Seringapatam for the second time and forced Tipu Sultan to terms under threat of siege. A treaty was signed with Tipu Sultan on March 18, 1792, conceding a significant portion of land to the British as well as a substantial indemnity. The Honorable East India Company awarded medals for the Third Mysore War to native troops under the command of Cornwallis, Abercromby & Meadows against the forces of Tipu Sultan. This was only a temporary cessation of hostilities.
During the Third Mysore War of 1790-92, the Mysore campaign medal was issued in either gold or silver by the East India Company to Indian officers and men serving under Lord Cornwallis and Generals Meadows & Abercrombie, who fought against Tipu Sultan. The medal was awarded in gold to Subadars (native officer ranking below British commissioned officers and above non-commissioned officers), silver-gilt to Jemadars (lowest rank of native officer) and Serrangs (captains of a crew), and small silver to native non-commissioned officers and soldiers.
Gold Mysore Campaign Medal
The obverse of the 1.5-inch, circular Mysore medal features a Sepoy (lowest rank of infantryman) with his foot resting on a dismounted cannon, holding the British Colors in his right hand and the Mysore Flag in his left, with a fortified town in the background. The reverse is inscribed, FOR SERVICES IN MYSORE AD 1791-1792 on four lines within a wreath, with a Persian inscription outside the wreath which reads: A MEMORIAL OF DEVOTED SERVICES TO THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT AT THE WAR OF MYSORE. CHRISTIAN ERA, 1791-1792, EQUIVALENT TO THE MAHOMEDAN ERA, 1205-1206. Poor quality fakes exist.
Silver Mysore Campaign Medal (Silver)
During the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-92) in 1790, Tipu Sultan attacked the State of Travancore, an ally of Great Britain. In retaliation, British Generals Meadows and Abercromby attacked South Mysore. The following year, Lord Cornwallis launched a major offensive driving deep into Mysore. After securing Bangalore, Cornwallis defeated Tipu Sultan at Arakere and drove towards Seringapatam. A shortage of supplies forced him to withdraw.
Later in 1791, Cornwallis again took to the offensive by advancing on Seringapatam for the second time and forced Tipu Sultan to terms under threat of siege. A treaty was signed with Tipu Sultan on March 18, 1792, conceding a significant portion of land to the British as well as a substantial indemnity. The Honorable East India Company awarded medals for the Third Mysore War to native troops under the command of Cornwallis, Abercromby & Meadows against the forces of Tipu Sultan. This was only a temporary cessation of hostilities.
During the Third Mysore War of 1790-92, the Mysore campaign medal was issued in either gold or silver by the East India Company to Indian officers and men serving under Lord Cornwallis and Generals Meadows & Abercrombie, who fought against Tipu Sultan. The medal was awarded in gold to Subadars (native officer ranking below British commissioned officers and above non-commissioned officers), silver-gilt to Jemadars (lowest rank of native officer) and Serrangs (captains of a crew), and small silver to native non-commissioned officers and soldiers.
Gold Mysore Campaign Medal
The obverse of the 1.5-inch, circular Mysore medal features a Sepoy (lowest rank of infantryman) with his foot resting on a dismounted cannon, holding the British Colors in his right hand and the Mysore Flag in his left, with a fortified town in the background. The reverse is inscribed, FOR SERVICES IN MYSORE AD 1791-1792 on four lines within a wreath, with a Persian inscription outside the wreath which reads: A MEMORIAL OF DEVOTED SERVICES TO THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT AT THE WAR OF MYSORE. CHRISTIAN ERA, 1791-1792, EQUIVALENT TO THE MAHOMEDAN ERA, 1205-1206. Poor quality fakes exist.
Silver Mysore Campaign Medal (Silver)
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