East and West Africa Medal
| East and West Africa Medal | |
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Obverse and reverse of the medal | |
| Awarded by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
| Type | Campaign medal |
| Eligibility | British forces. |
| Awarded for | Campaign service. |
| Campaign | East and West Africa 1887-1900 |
| Clasps |
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 Ribbon: Yellow with black edges and 2 dark green stripes | |
The East and West Africa Medal was a campaign medal approved for issue to officers and men of the British armed forces in East and West Africa.[1] The obverse held a left-facing portrait of Queen Victoria with the inscription "VICTORIA REGINA".[1] The reverse held and image of British soldiers fighting Africans, an image also used on the reverses of the Ashantee Medal and the Central Africa Medal.[2] The medal was issued in silver to officers and men of the British forces and in bronze to native porters.[3] There are 21 clasps for this medal and an alternative design for those who served on the Mwele campaign.[4] This alternative design was simply the additional imprinting of "MWELE" next to the claw of the medal.[4]
Clasps[1]
- 1887–88
- 13 November 1887 – 2 January 1888
- Witu 1890
- 17–27 October 1890
- 1891–92
- 29 December 1891 – 2 February 1892
- 1892
- 8 March – 25 May 1892
- Witu August 1893
- 7–13 August 1893
- Liwondi 1893
- February–March 1893
- Juba River 1893
- 23–25 August 1893
- Lake Nyassa 1893
- November 1893
- 1893–94
- 16 November 1893 – 11 March 1894
- Gambia 1894
- 23 February – 13 March 1894
- Benin River 1894
- August–September 1894
- Brass River 1895
- 17–26 February 1895
- 1896–98
- 27 November 1896 – 27 June 1898
- Niger 1897
- 6 January – 26 February 1897
- Benin 1897
- 6 February – 7 August
- Dawkita 1897
- 28 March 1897
- 1897–98
- September 1897 – August 1898
- 1898
- 1898
- 18 February 1898 – 9 March 1899
- 1899
- February–May 1899
- 1900
- 4 January – 8 May 1900
Notes
- 1 2 3 Entry at Medals of the World
- ↑ North East Medals entry on Ashantee Medal
- ↑ Mwele Campaign article
- 1 2 Narbeth, Colin (2002), Collecting Military Medals, James Clarke & Co, p. 47, ISBN 0-7188-9009-4
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