1854 India General Service medal with two clasps: BURMA 1885-7 and BURMA 1887-89. Silver, 36 mm. MY-117 (clasps x and xiii), BBM-70. Swivel mount and scroll suspension. Extremely Fine. "Mr. W.A. Hertz Burma Civil Dept." engraved on edge. Lustrous and reflective, brilliant and lightly polished. An unusual medal named to a British bureaucrat, William Axel Hertz. Hertzs 1912 <em>Burma Gazeteer</em> remained in print for decades. Fort Hertz, a World War II-era British outpost in Burma, was named for him.<p>Offered with a modern ribbon. From the Gem Collection.
