The Honourable East India Company Medal for Mysore 1790-1792 was awarded to Havildars, Naiks, Tindals, Sepoys and Lascars, to Indian troop of the Honourable East India Company and to all those who served under Cornwallis, Abercromby and Medows in the defeat of Tippoo Sahib in the Third Mysore War of 1790 to 1792.
Tippoo Sahib, the Maharajah of Mysore in south India, attacked in 1790 the British allied state of Travancore, causing the British to retaliate. The south Mysore region of Coimbatore was reduced, whilst General Abercromby captured the west coast province of Malabar. But Tippoo in turn invaded the British held Carnatic region.
One year later, the Governor General Lord Cornwallis took the field and launched a major offensive into the heart of Mysore. They managed to capture the town and fortress of Bangalore in the face of heavy opposition in March 1791.
Cornwallis then continued with the stronghold of Seringapatam but had to withdraw until 1791, when he captured a series of strongly held fortresses between Bangalore and Seringapatam, capturing the town on 6th to 7th February. As a result Tippoo Sahib came to terms, signing a treaty, 19th March, in which a substantial tract of land was ceded to the British and her Mahratta allies and a war indemnity paid.
The Mysore Medal Design
The Mysore medal is a small medal. It was produced in two sizes: 43mm in diameter for gold and silver, and 38mm for small silver. The big medal was given to Indian officers, and the smallest to other ranks.
It measures 38 mm in diameter and it’s struck in silver.
The suspension is fitted with cord.
