Description
What is special about this example is that the ARGENTINE CREST is still visible on the rear of the blade
She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type
The axe however was standard equipment due to the large number of uses they had
grenades were over-painted in olive drab
and the Marines marched on
Original British Victorian 1803-26 Army of India Medal with Ribbon and AVA Clasp German Militaria What is special about thisOriginal Item: One of a kind. The Army of India Medal was the last of the medals authorized in connection with the Napoleonic Wars. The East India Company instituted and paid for the minting of the medal in March 1851 to award surviving veterans of the battles and campaigns in India and Burma between 1803 and 1826. This example has the "Wyon" profile of Queen Victoria on the obverse and seated Victory beside a palm tree on the reverse. The reverse is