Scarce Hunza Nagar Badge 1891, appears standard period piece however no makers details to reverse, awarded by the Maharajah of Jummoo and Kashmir to his own state troops who took part in the Hunza-Nagar expedition.
Hunza Nagar Badge 1891, appears standard period piece however no makers details to reverse.
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The Badge was given by the Maharajah of Jummoo and Kashmir to his own state troops who took part in the Hunza-Nagar expedition. These were additional awards as Army Order 168, 1st September 1892, authorised the award of the India Medal 1849-95 with clasp ‘Hunza 1891’ to all soldiers of the Kashmir Army who served in the expedition.
The Badge was intended to be worn as a brooch at the neck, but it was later decided that it should be worn as a medal and some Badges had the original fittings altered to more easily accommodate the riband.