Java Medal

Java Medal
Obverse of the medal depicted on a cigarette card
TypeCampaign medal
Awarded forCampaign service
Presented by the
Honourable East India Company (HEIC)
EligibilityHEIC forces
Campaign(s)Java 1811
ClaspsNone
Established1812
Total133 gold and 6,519 silver medals
Suspension cord for the medal

The Java Medal is a campaign medal awarded by the Governor-General of India to soldiers of the armies of the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) who participated in the Invasion of Java in August and September 1811, during the Napoleonic Wars.[1]

  1. ^ Steward, William Augustus (1915). War Medals and Their History. London: Stanley Paul & Co. p. 42. Retrieved 8 April 2019.