Orders, Medals and Decorations, Single Campaign Medals, Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880, awarded to Sepoy Mirza, 24th Regiment Punjab Native Infantry, (Sepoy Mirza the Regt N.I.), engraved naming, toned very fine
Afghanistan was a trouble spot for Britain, especially during the Victorian era. Fears of Russian expansion into Afghanistan led to both the First and Second Afghan Wars. Both wars had an initially successful British occupation of Afghanistan and both wars also had later uprisings against the British forces. While the First Afghan War resulted in the humiliation of a British force, the Second War had a much different outcome.
After the initially successful invasion in 1878, a British military mission was established in Kabul and the majority of the army withdrew back to India. By the end of 1878, an uprising in Kabul led to the deaths of the British representative, Sir Louis Cavagnari, his guards and staff. Major General Frederick Roberts then led a force of British, but mostly Indian, troops back to Kabul to restore British control. The situation remained chaotic and the Afghan governor of Herat, Ayub Khan, raised an Afghan force which defeated the British at the Battle of Maiwand. Roberts then moved his force from Kabul to Kandahar where he decisively defeated Ayub Khan. To commemorate this later action, the Kabul to Kandahar Star was created.
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