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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Military Award<br />
|name= Sutlej Medal<br />
|image=[[Image:Sutlej Medal, obverse.jpg|150px]][[Image:Sutlej Medal, reverse.jpg|150px]]<br />
|caption= Obverse and reverse of the medal<br />
|presenter= [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]<br />
|type= [[Campaign medal]]<br />
|eligibility= British and Honourable East India Company forces.<br />
|awarded_for= Campaign service.<br />
|campaign= Sutlej 1845–46.<br />
|status= <br />
|description= Silver disk, 36mm diameter.<br />
|clasps= <br />
* ''Ferozeshuhur''<br />
* ''Aliwal''<br />
* ''Sobraon''<br />
|established= 17 April 1846<br />
|total_awarded=<br />
|image2= Sutlej Medal BAR.svg<br />
|image2_size= 100px<br />
|caption2= Ribbon bar of the medal<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Sutlej Medal''' was a [[campaign medal]] approved in 1846, for issue to officers and men of the [[British Army]] and [[Honourable East India Company]] who served in the Sutlej campaign of 1845–46 (also known as the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]]). This medal was the first to use [[medal bar|clasps]] to denote soldiers who fought in the major battles of the campaign.<ref name=Joslin/><br />
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The medal was approved on 17 April 1846.<ref name=Joslin>{{Cite book|author=Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin.|title=British Battles and Medals.|pages=114–115. Published Spink, London. 1988}}</ref><br />
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== Description == <br />
* A circular silver medal, {{convert|36|mm|in}} in diameter, designed by [[William Wyon]].<ref name=Joslin/><br />
* Obverse: The diademed head of [[Queen Victoria]] with the legend <small>VICTORIA REGINA</small>.<ref name=Mussell>{{Cite book|author=John W. Mussell, editor.|title=Medal Yearbook 2015.|page=141 Published Token Publishing Limited, Honiton, Devon. 2015}}</ref> <br />
* Reverse: A standing figure of victory, facing left and holding a wreath in her outstretched hand, with a collection of trophies at her feet. Around the circumference is the legend <small>ARMY OF THE SUTLEJ</small>, with the name and year of the first battle in which the recipient served below.<ref name=Mussell/><br />
* The recipient's name and unit are impressed on the rim of the medal in capital letters or roman skeleton lettering.<ref name=Joslin/><br />
* Ribbon: The {{convert| 31.7|mm|in}} wide ribbon is dark blue with crimson edges.<br />
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==Clasps==<br />
The Sutlej Medal commemorates four battles. The first in which the recipient participated is shown on the reverse of the medal, with any further battles indicated by a clasp. As there was no battle prior to the battle of [[Battle of Mudki|'''Moodkee''']] no clasp was produced for this action.<ref>{{cite book | title=Ribbons and medals : the world's military and civil awards| last=Dorling| first=Henry Taprell| date=1974| edition=New Enlarged Edition (11th edition)| publisher=W.S. Cowell Ltd| location=Suffolk, England| isbn=0-540-07120-X}}</ref><br>The three clasps awarded were for the battles of:<ref name=Mussell/><br />
* '''[[Battle of Ferozeshah|Ferozeshuhur]]'''<br />
* '''[[Battle of Aliwal|Aliwal]]'''<br />
* '''[[Battle of Sobraon|Sobraon]]'''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* Mackay, J and Mussel, J (eds) - ''Medals Yearbook - 2005'', (2004), Token Publishing.<br />
* Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (eds), ''British Battles and Medals'', (1988), Spink<br />
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{{Campaign medals of the Honourable East India Company}} <br />
[[Category:British campaign medals]]<br />
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