Afghanistan Medal 1878-80. No clasp (Pte. Chowrimootoo. Q. O. S & M.)

The recipient was an Indian soldier of Tamil ethnicity and the Hindu faith, who held the rank of Private while serving with the Queen's Own Sappers & Miners, the engineer corps of the Madras Presidency Army A desirable example of the Afghan War Medal to a 'Sapper' of the highly distinguished Queen's Own Sappers and Miners, one of the 'workhorse' sapper corps of the British Indian Army, which provided very valuable engineering and pioneering work, in particular the building of roads, throughout both phases of the Second Afghan War Condition: Toned VF