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. Bar: "SIERRA LEONE 1898-9". Inscription on edge: "HORACE EVANS, E.R.A. 3 CL. H.M.S. ALECTO". Took part in the expedition to Lokko on 5 March 1898, the paddle vessel 'Lecto' towed boats as far as Moferri and from then onwards by HMS Fox'e' steam pinnace. Discontent had followed the imposition of a tax of 5 shillings per hut to meet the cost of administering the newly established protectorate in Sierra Leone.