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Ashantee War Medal 1873-74
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’.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1951 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Leonard Charles; Poynter, Edward John |
| Events: | Ashantee War, 1873-1874 |
| Date made: | 1874 |
| People: | Hewett, William Nathan Wrighte |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |
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