Scinde Campaign Medal 1843, Herberao Pulundah, 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (metal)

Scinde Campaign Medal 1843, awarded to Herberao Pulundah of the 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry. This medal bears the Queen’s head on the obverse and the name of the battle on the reverse. Three different medals were issued for the battles of Meanee, Hyderabad and Meanee and Hyderabad. All were dated 1843. On 17 February 1843 Sir Charles Napier’s Anglo-Indian army met the Baluchis of Sind at Meanee, inflicting over 5,000 casualties for the cost of only 256. On the following day many of the chief Baluchi emirs surrendered and their capital Hyderabad was occupied.