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The Persian inscription on the reverse reads: khodadad seri rang patan ra 28 dhi'l-qa'da 1213 ba hijra, 'God-given, Seringapatam, 28th dhu'l-qa'da 1213 of the hijra' [3rd May 1799].
The Seringapatam medals were designed by Conrad Heinrich Küchler at the Soho mint in Birmingham between 1801 and 1802 and were made of gold, silver-gilt, silver, bronze or tin, depending on the recipient's rank. They were issued unnamed and without any means of suspension for wear. Recipients were expected to arrange their own ribbons, rings and bar suspenders, and some would have their own details engraved on the medal. Although there was no formal regulation, the medal was usually worn on the left chest from a watered pale orange ribbon, the shading representing the stripes of a tiger. For a silver-gilt example sold at Bonhams, see Islamic and Indian Art, 12 November 2024, lot 131A. A silver-gilt example is also in The British Museum, London (M.4391).