The Java Medal is a campaign medal awarded by the Governor-General of India to soldiers of the armies of the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) who participated in the Invasion of Java in August and September 1811, during the Napoleonic Wars.

[1] The medal was authorised in February 1812 by Lord Minto, the Governor-General of India, who had accompanied the expedition to Java.

[4] Members of the British Army and Royal Navy present did not receive the medal.

Both types were 1.9 inches (48 mm) in diameter[7] with the following design:[3] The obverse depicts the storming of Fort Cornelis, which British and HEIC troops captured on 26 August 1811, with the word CORNELIS above.The reverse has the Persian inscription This medal was conferred in commemoration of the bravery and courage exhibited by the Sepoys of the English Company in the capture of the Kingdom of Java, in the Hijri year 1228 with, around the edge, the English wording JAVA CONQUERED XXVI AUGUST MDCCCXI.The medal was issued unnamed.The suspension is a flattened loop, pinned at the base, through which passes a suspension cord allowing the medal to be worn around the neck.

The Hijri year 1228 cited on the medal's reverse commenced on 4 January 1813.