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Description: | 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. Bars: "COOMASSIE". Inscription on edge: "J. FLETCHER BOMBR. R.M.A. H.M.S. ACTIVE 73-74". [Medals for the Ashanti War slightly thicker than those issued later. Holders of the Ashanti War medal should only have received bars for subsequent wars].
Inscription. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Wyon, Leonard Charles | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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