Item 326 out of 388
Lot # 326 - Madras Sappers and Miners Boys Hockey-Runner Copper Medal of 1961.
Madras Sappers and Miners Boys Hockey-Runner  Copper Medal  of 1961.
Madras Sappers and Miners Boys Hockey-Runner  Copper Medal  of 1961. Madras Sappers and Miners Boys Hockey-Runner  Copper Medal  of 1961.
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MetalCopperYear (AD)1961
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India, 1961, Madras Sappers, and Miners Boys Hockey-Runner, Copper, Obv: a royal crowned cipher of Queen Victoria and lettering on the ribbon "QUEEN VICTORIA'S OWN-MADRAS-SAPPERS AND MINERS", Rev: circular shaped laurel wreath within with center space for the award, engraved in the center "69 BOYS HOCKEY - RUNNERS-UP - 1961", with the ring, 25.40g, 38.00mm, about very fine, Scarce.

Note: Originally formed in the year 1780 as the Madras Engineering Group (Madras Sappers), the oldest regiment of the corps of engineers, given the royal cipher in 1876 and became Queen Victoria's own Madras Sappers & Miners.


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