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195:: A gold Maltese cross with eight points terminating in a gold bead on two crossed swords. In the centre is a green flower on a blue enamel ground with the words "durr-i-durran" in Persian script, meaning "pearl of the age", the name attributed to the
205:: A silver star with a smaller Maltese cross in gold overlaid in the same style as the medal with the addition of a diamond on each arm of the gold cross. There are 17 pearls circling the enamel work.
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233:: As the 1st class but with 14 pearls encircling the centre.
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by Major L L Gordon; published by Spink & Son Ltd 1947
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British military personnel of the First Anglo-Afghan War
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dynasty. The enamel centre is encircled by pearls.
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158:in gratitude for his restoration to the throne.
665:Orders, decorations, and medals of Afghanistan
86:In gratitude for the restoration to the throne
165:in the courtyard of the Harem Serai of the
636:The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany
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405:Lieut. Col. Charles Carmichael Smyth
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426:Lieut. Col. Charles Robert Cureton
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546:General Sir Richmond Shakespeare
444:Superintending Surgeon J Forsyth
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241:This is not an exhaustive list
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473:Sir George St Patrick Lawrence
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534:Captain James Nathaniel Rind
441:Major General Thomas Douglas
423:Lieut. Col. David Cuninghame
417:Captain Edward Barry Conolly
345:Major General Edward Simpson
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411:Major General John Christie
324:Major General James Parsons
137:Order of the Durrani Empire
21:Order of the Durrani Empire
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670:Awards established in 1839
606:British Battles and Medals
552:Lieut. Col. Foster Stalker
519:Lieut. Col. William Persse
510:Lieut. Col. Joseph Orchard
489:Lieut. Col. James Maclaren
435:Lieut. Col. William Dennie
357:Lieut. Col. George Thomson
274:Sir William Hay Macnaghten
587:Captain AGFJ Younghusband
402:Lieut. Col. Neil Campbell
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297:Lieut. Col. Robert Arnold
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384:Captain William Anderson
364:Lieut. Col. Hugh Wheeler
360:Major Elliot D'Arcy Todd
575:Lieut. Col. John Weston
387:Superintending Surgeon
381:Major William Alexander
655:First Anglo-Afghan War
578:Lieut. Col. CB Wheeler
540:Captain Edward Sanders
525:Major Edward Pottinger
498:Captain James McGregor
432:Captain David Davidson
348:Lieut. Col. Stephenson
280:Sir Claude Martin Wade
78:British field officers
581:Captain Foster Wheler
564:Captain Hamilton Wade
522:Lieut. Col. Peter Pew
501:Major Thomas McSherry
456:Major Crawford Hagart
396:Colonel David Birrell
338:Sir Robert Henry Sale
315:Lieut. Col. Macdonald
306:Major Patrick Craigie
258:Sir Willoughby Cotton
549:Lieut. Col. LR Stacy
492:Lieut. Col. McDowell
468:Captain Hugh Johnson
327:Major Alexander Peat
309:Major William Garden
252:Sir Alexander Burnes
561:Lieut. Col. Tronson
558:Major John Thompson
555:Major Robert Thomas
459:Major Henry Hancock
414:Major CJ Connyngham
342:Lieut. Col. J Scott
152:Shah Shujah Durrani
127:Ribbon of the order
103:Shah Shujah Durrani
51:Emir of Afghanistan
485:Frederick Mackeson
477:Major Robert Leech
420:Lieut. Col. Croker
284:Major General Sir
638:, Volume 31, 1840
453:Major C Griffiths
450:Captain H Garbett
312:Lieut. Col. Keith
178:Order of the Bath
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156:Afghanistan
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75:Eligibility
67:Established
49:Awarded by
649:Categories
592:References
480:Mr PB Lord
237:Recipients
370:3rd Class
292:2nd Class
245:1st Class
226:3rd Class
209:2nd Class
188:1st Class
116:Companion
504:Colonel
471:General
94:Obsolete
197:Durrani
99:Founder
43:, Paris
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604:p.139
163:durbar
109:Grades
91:Status
231:Medal
214:Medal
193:Medal
171:Kabul
61:Order
220:Star
203:Star
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