Read this fascinating article on Sir George Pollock and the Pollock Medal, presented twice a year to the most distinguished cadet at the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe.

The Author

Stan Goron worked at the National Postal Museum. Editor of the Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter (previously known as the ONS Newsletter). Co-author (with J P Goenka) of 'The Coins of the Indian Sultanates: Covering the Area of Present Day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh', New Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 2001.