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Ashantee War Medal 1873-74
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. Bars: "COOMASSIE". Inscription on edge: "J. FLETCHER BOMBR. R.M.A. H.M.S. ACTIVE 73-74". [Medals for the Ashanti War slightly thicker than those issued later. Holders of the Ashanti War medal should only have received bars for subsequent wars].
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0122 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Poynter, Edward John; Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | Ashantee War, 1873-1874; Third Anglo-Ashanti War: Battle of Amoaful, 1874 |
| Vessels: | Active (1845) |
| Date made: | 1874 |
| People: | Fletcher, J. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |
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