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Description: | Awarded to William Nathan Wright Hewett. 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. Bar: ?COOMASSIE?. Inscription on edge: ?COMDRE. W.N.W. HEWETT, V.C. H.M.S. ACTIVE, 73-74?.
Medals for the Ashanti War are slightly thicker than those issued later. Holders of the Ashanti War medal should only have received bars for subsequent wars. Neg No C8975, C8976.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Hewett campaign medals William Nathan Wrighte | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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