Maharaja of Banaras White Metal Medal, 1872, 16.58g, Obv: Portrait of the Maharaja of Banaras Ishree Prasad Narayan Singh, seated & his son standing with a large hookah in the foreground, surrounded by inscription “HIS HIGHNESS ISHREE MAHARAJAH BENARAS, 27TH FEBRUARY 1872”, Rev: The famous well erected at Stoke Row, Oxfordshire with a domed roof (Pudd# 872.1). Uncirculated, in original paper case of issue, Rare. The only medal from the Princely State of Banaras. As per Puddester, Edward Reade the English commissioner of Banaras in his conversation with the Maharaja mentioned the lack of water during the dry season in his home town Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, this medal commemorates the gifting of well by the Maharaja.