Description
The obverse depicts the fortress of Ghuznee with the word ‘GHUZNEE’ below, while the reverse has a mural crown surrounded by a laurel wreath and the date ’23 JULY 1839’. The suspender is straight with a ring passing through a smaller loop sweated to the top of the medal. Two separate dies exist for this medal with one having a wider border around the edge than the other. The second also has a narrower and taller fortress. The medal was issued unnamed but many were later privately engraved or impressed in varying styles on the reverse or rim.
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