Type Campaign medal Clasps Coomassie | Awarded for Campaign Service | |
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Eligibility British, Colonial and native forces Campaign(s) Third Anglo-Ashanti War Description Silver, 36.5mm diameter | ||
The Ashantee Medal is a British campaign medal instituted on 1 June 1874 for award to British, Colonial and allied native forces deployed against the army of the Ashanti King Kofi Karikari, during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War.
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Description
Obverse: the diademed, veiled head of Queen Victoria and the inscription VICTORIA REGINA.
Reverse: a scene of bush fighting between British and Ashanti, as inspired by the campaign.
Ribbon: yellow with black edges and two narrow black central stripes.
Clasps
COOMASSIE: awarded to those present at Amoaful and the capture of the capital, or those protecting the lines of communication north of the Prah river.
References
Ashantee Medal Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA