Seringapatam medal

The Seringapatam medal (Sri Ranga Pattana - ಶ್ರೀರಂಗಪಟ್ಟಣ), commissioned by the East India Company in 1801, was a Conrad Heinrich-designed military medal distributed to those soldiers who contributed to the British victory in the 1799 Battle of Seringapatam against the armies of Tipu Sultan, ruler of the southern India in the Kingdom of Mysore. The medals were manufactured at the Soho Mint.

Notably, medals were issued to all participants, although their materials were of various values. Those given to the highest-ranking commanders were made of gold, those given to intemediate ranks were silver, silver-gilt, or bronze, and those given to lesser ranks were made of tin.

The reverse of the medal displays the storming of the fort, with the sun at its meridian. The obverse shows a British lion overcoming a tiger - Tipu Sultan had styled himself "the Tiger of Mysore".