Ashantee War Medal 1873-74

Vice-Adm Sir Noel Stephen Fox Digby (1839-1920). Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (left) 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: 'COMR. N.S.F. DIGBY R.N. H.M.S.RATTLESNAKE 73-74'. Mounted on a bar with three others.

Object Details

ID: MED2615
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, Leonard Charles; Poynter, Edward John
Events: Ashantee War, 1873-1874
Date made: 1874
People: Digby, Noel Stephen Fox
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm
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