Date
Instituted: 1874.
Campaign: Gold Coast 1873-74.
Description: The obverse bears the head
of Queen Victoria and the legend ‘VICTORIA REGINA’. The reverse
depicts British troops in combat with the native enemy within
the jungle type terrain that characterised the war. The suspender
is straight with a claw mount riveted to the medal.
Metal: Silver.
Size: 36mm.
Clasps: 'COOMASSIE'.
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Naming: Indented
squat and heavy Roman capital letters filled in black with the dates
‘1873-4’ or ’73-74’ at the end.
Comments: Those
who also qualified for the East & West Africa Medal 1887-1900
were supposed to be only awarded the later clasps for this medal
and attach them to the Ashantee Medal but many received both medals.
The collector should verify any Ashantee medal with these later
clasps for the East & West Africa medal which are rare. |
