Examples are very rare, with only about 134 known to have been awarded to recipients – mainly Indian soldiers – who had been present at both the British and Indian coronation celebrations. In military terms there were 1,177 British army officers and 15,050 British “other ranks” present along with 894 officers and 31,669 Indian soldiers of the Indian Army and 351 officers and 852 “representat -ive” other ranks of the Indian Volunteers. This gives a total military presence of around 49,000 officers and men. From the British forces present, 905 silver medals were awarded to officers and only 3266 to British “other ranks” – so that only about 25% of the British troops actually present in the Durbar celebrations received a medal.
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