=I.G.S., 1903.=--This medal, precisely similar on the reverse, except for the deletion of the date, to the India General Service Medal 1895, bears on the obverse the same bust of King Edward as on the South Africa medal. The ribbon is the same, also the suspender. With this new issue the bar for WAZIRISTAN 1901-2 was given to those who took an active part in the Mahsud Waziri blockade between November 1901 and November 1902. To those holding the 1895 medal the bar only was issued. Bronze medals were given to authorised camp followers. Only three English soldiers received the medal--men of the Cheshires who were employed as signallers. The troops engaged were: 1st, 3rd, and 4th Sikhs; 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 22nd Punjabis; 1st, 3rd, and 5th Punjab Cavalry; Sappers and Miners. =Natal Native Rebellion.=--In 1908 the Natal Government awarded a silver medal to those who took part in suppressing the native rebellion in 1906. The medal, which was supplied by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, bears on the obverse a portrait bust of King Edward VII facing to the right, encircled by the legend EDWARDVS VII REX IMPERATOR. On the reverse Natali is represented holding the sword of justice in her right hand, and a palm branch in her left, supported and protected by Britannia, who holds in her left hand the orb of empire. In the exergue is the word NATAL. A broad plain bar is inscribed ~·1906·~ with a large dot on either side. The names, etc., are impressed in light square block capitals, and the ribbon for suspension is a deep red, with black edges. The medal illustrated facing page 198 was issued to the local white forces, including the Natal Horse Corps and about 350 chiefs and leading natives. =Tibet, 1903-4.=--Owing to the non-fulfilment of treaty obligations on the part of the Tibetans, Colonel Younghusband was sent by the Indian Government with a military escort to the seat of Tibetan authority. For some little time he made peaceful progress, until, on arriving at Hot Springs, General Macdonald's force of 1,600 men, with 4 field and 2 Maxim guns, found it necessary to attack the Tibetans, and drove them out of their position. Then, when they had gathered round their Lhassa General, the political agent, Colonel Younghusband, together with Brigadier Macdonald, their staffs, and some Sikhs, went forward to parley with them, and despite the attitude of the Tibetans, the officers dismounted; some began to eat sandwiches, others to take photographs. Suddenly the Tibetans turned upon the ring of Sikhs which surrounded them; all was soon confusion, but the discipline of the Sikhs, and the coolness of the officers, saved the situation, and within ten minutes the flower of the Tibetan army was demolished, despite the grim determination of those composing it, for they disdained to run away, but solemnly marched off as the fight became too hot for them.