WAR MEDALS IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 5/1 
The collection also includes a very rare Rocket Troop medal in¬ 
scribed “ Vittoria ” and “ Leipsie.” This troop was the only British 
corps present at Leipsie and very greatly distinguished itself.* 
Another thrice overdue medal awarded at the same time as “ The 
Military War Medal ” was the “ Naval War Medal ” foi services in¬ 
cluding all the wars with the French, including Trafalgar and the Nile 
and extending to Navarino and the capture of St. Jean D’Acre. 
Of this the collection has one specimen with clasp for “St. Domingo.” 
The number of clasps with this medal were very numerous. It is 
identical in design and shape with the military medal, save for the 
reverse, which has Britannia riding a sea-horse, while the army medal 
bears a representation of Wellington being crowned with a laurel 
wreath. The ribbon of the Naval medal is white with blue edges, 
while the Army medal is worn with the “ Military War Ribbon,” crim¬ 
son with blue edges, and is used for the Waterloo and Seringapatam 
medals also and the various Peninsula gold crosses. Thus in those 
days several medals could be worn with identical ribbons 
We now come to the closing episode of the wars with the French, 
for which a medal was given in 1816, inscribed “ Waterloo ” with the 
Regent’s head on the obverse. Apparently public feeling overcame 
the Duke’s dislike to medals in this case. The collection contains 
two Waterloo medals, and also one “ Hanoverian ” one viz. a medal 
given by Prince George Regent to his faithful Hanoverian Troops 
who so fully bore their share that day. We are apt to forget that the 
Guelph Kings of England were electors of Hanover, and that Britain 
took the Hanoverian Troops into their pay to fight Napoleon. This 
particular specimen of Hanoverian medal was picked up by Captain 
J. C. Dalton, R.A. (now Colonel Dalton) on the continent and present¬ 
ed to the Institution in 1881. The design differs somewhat from the 
British medal. 
The collection includes three medals belonging to this epoch, 
which though they are not official are rare and interesting. Seeing 
that Government took no steps to reward their sailors after the Nile, 
and Trafalgar, two private individuals, Mr. Davidson in the case of 
the Nile and Mr. Boulton for Trafalgar, presented all ranks with 
medals. The Institution has a gilt pewter Nile medal (petty officer’s) 
and a bronze one, (seaman’s) and a pewter (seaman’s) Trafalgar medal. 
The next in order of date is a Turkish medal given in various metals 
for the capture of St. Jean D’Acre (1833) it is a very small medal and 
the copy we have is copper silvered over. 
We now come to the “ first India medal ” worn with a plain “ Cam¬ 
bridge ” blue ribbon. It had 21 clasps including Assaye, Laswari, 
Capture of Delhi, Defence of Delhi, Gawilghur, Poona, Kirkee, Aseer- 
ghur, Koregaon, Nepaul, Bhurtpoor, Ava, etc., and covered the wars of 
close on 35 years. It was also' given at the same time as the belated 
Army and Navy medals referred to. The Institution specimens bears 
clasp for “ Ava,” or the first Burmese War in 1823, and goes with the 
H.E.I.C’s medals for Burma in Captain Buckle’s collection. 
The next series of medals is four more of Captain Buckle’s, for the 
* Now “ O ” Battery, R.ELA. 
