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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. Bar: "LIWONDI 1893". Inscription on edge: "G.R. ARCHER, S.S.A., H.M.S.HERALD". Mounted on a bar with three other medals MED1285-1287. Suspended from a bar, and yellow ribbon with a broad black edge and two narrow black central stripes.
Inscription. AQN: Cracknell, J C, Miss (previous owner). Rare bar awarded for participation in an expedition Feb-March 1893 against Chief Liwondi who had arrested H M Commissioner Mr H H Johnston.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | 2nd.Ltfl Herald fl.1887 (HMS) campaign medals Queen Victoria G R Archer | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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