| East and West Africa Medal | |
|---|---|
 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][]
- 1887-8
- 13 November 1887 - 2 January 1888
- Witu 1890
- 17–27 October 1890
- 1891-2
- 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[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Entry at Medals of the World
- ↑ North East Medals entry on Ashantee Medal
- ↑ Mwele Campaign article
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Narbeth, Colin (2002). "Collecting Military Medals". James Clarke & Co. p. 47. ISBN 0-7188-9009-4. http://books.google.com/?id=Z6vlQEDyC9MC.
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