Burma Medal

Burma Medal
Obverse and reverse of the medal,
depicted on cigarette cards
TypeCampaign medal
Awarded forCampaign service
Presented by the
Honourable East India Company (HEIC)
EligibilityHEIC forces
Campaign(s)First Burma War
ClaspsNone
Established1826
Total750 gold and 24,000 silver medals
Ribbon: crimson with dark blue edges

The Burma Medal is a campaign medal awarded by the Governor-General of India to native Indian soldiers of the armies of the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) who participated in the First Burma War from April 1824 to February 1826.[1]

  1. ^ Steward, William Augustus (1915). War Medals and Their History. Stanley Paul & Co. p. 91-92. Retrieved 9 April 2019.