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875:India Medal
838:(1887–1900)
797:Egypt Medal
437:(1793–1814)
424:(1793–1815)
411:(1793–1840)
223:Canton 1857
168:armies and
114:Established
103:Canton 1857
83:Campaign(s)
75:Eligibility
57:Description
49:Awarded for
1671:Categories
1563:Iraq Medal
1500:Gulf Medal
1305:Italy Star
1293:Burma Star
269:References
260:Royal Navy
237:Pekin 1860
170:Royal Navy
109:Pekin 1860
99:China 1842
1079:1914 Star
1019:(1902–56)
812:(1886–97)
760:(1878–80)
708:(1866–70)
695:(1857–60)
643:(1852–95)
526:(1839–42)
474:(1806–14)
461:(1803–26)
1423:Post War
916:(1897–9)
903:(1896–8)
890:(1895–6)
864:(1891–8)
851:(1890–7)
799:(1882–9)
747:(1877–9)
734:(1873–4)
721:(1867–8)
682:(1857–8)
669:(1854–6)
656:(1854–5)
630:(1848–9)
604:(1845–6)
539:(1841–2)
327:website
162:British
89:1857-60
1656:(2024)
1643:(2023)
1630:(2017)
1617:(2015)
1604:(2015)
1591:(2011)
1578:(2004)
1565:(2004)
1552:(2003)
1539:(2002)
1526:(2000)
1502:(1992)
1489:(1982)
1476:(1980)
1451:(1952)
1438:(1951)
1045:(1906)
1032:(1905)
1006:(1902)
980:(1900)
825:(1885)
773:(1880)
591:(1843)
578:(1843)
565:(1842)
552:(1842)
513:(1839)
487:(1815)
349:. The
204:clasps
166:Indian
95:Clasps
178:China
16:Award
258:and
252:Army
164:and
152:The
39:Type
1673::
314:^
297:^
277:^
206::
199:.
184:.
381:e
374:t
367:v
214:)
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