Featured is a gold medallion which we believe to have been first prize in the 1922 annual essay writing competition of the United Service Institution India, awarded to Major (later Lt-General) Hugh Gray Martin, then an artillery officer in the British Indian Army.
Martin ended his military career as a general officer commanding the 3rd Anti-Aircraft Corps in 1942, thereafter he became a military correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and died in 1969 aged 82.
Obverse
Depicts Athena wearing a corinthian Helmet, surrounded by the legend: 'UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION OF INDIA'

Reverse
Two Crowns surrounded by a laurel wreath. The names of the engravers JS and AB Wyon are visible below the wreath. Specifications

Description	Diameter	Weight	Alloy	AGW
1922 United Service Institution of India	45	50.0	0.916	1.4725

Notes on Table
Diameter = Diameter in millimetres.
Weight = Weight in grams.
Alloy = Fineness of gold.
AGW = Actual weight of fine gold content in troy ounces (our estimate).

1922 United Service Institution Of India

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