East & West Africa Medal 1887-1899

East & West Africa Medal 1887-1899. 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. Bar: "LAKE NYASSA 1893". Inscription on edge: "C. M. PRISCOTT, S.S.A., H.M.S. ADVENTURE". Yellow ribbon with a broad black edge and two narrow black central stripes

Object Details

ID: MED0129
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Poynter, Edward John; Wyon, Leonard Charles
Events: East & West Africa War, 1887-1888; East & West Africa War: Lake Nyassa, 1893
Vessels: Adventure (1891)
Date made: circa 1893
People: Priscott, C.M., SSAfl
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm