Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 2, drawer F, medal position 43
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1733, S104
Primary Maker
Place
Date
[1881]
Associated Notes
Kabul to Kandahar Star
Medal awarded to Rifleman Semnarain Rana, 2nd Ghurka Regiment.
Note This medal is also also referred to as Lord Roberts Star. The bronze for the medal was from one of the guns taken at Ayub Khan, at the Battle of Kandahar, 1880.
Associated Event
The Second Anglo-Afghan War; 1878-1881; Afghanistan
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
09 Aug 1880-31 Aug 1880
Period
Media
Measurement Description
medal:
height (to top of crown, excluding suspension ring): 62mm
width (maximum): 48mm
ribbon: 38mm wide
Measurement Reading
62mm (excluding suspension ring)
48mm (medal)
38mm (ribbon)
Classification
Media/Materials Notes
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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