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Miniature: Ashantee War Medal 1873-74
Awarded to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (L) Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA" Reverse: A group of soldiers and Africans fighting in the bush for their fallen comrades. Suspended from a bar, and yellow ribbon with a broad black edge and two narrow black central stripes. Inscription on edge: 'J.BAYLY NAVG.MID. R.N. H.M.S. ENCOUNTER, 1873'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2404 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Miniature medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Leonard Charles; Poynter, Edward John |
| Events: | Ashantee War, 1873-1874 |
| Date made: | 1874 |
| People: | Bayly, Lewis |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |