text: " [38] By a general order issued from Simla October 4 all officers and soldiers of whatever grade who took part in the operations about Candahar the defence of Khelat-i-Ghiljie the recapture of Ghazni or Cabul or the forcing of the Khyber Pass are to receive a silver medal with appropriate inscriptions--a similar distinction having been previously conferred on the defenders of Jellalabad