East and West Africa Medal

Infobox Military Award
name= East and West Africa Medal


caption= Ribbon: Yellow with black edges and 2 dark green stripes
awarded_by= United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
type= Campaign medal
eligibility= British forces.
for= Campaign service.
campaign= East and West Africa 1887-1900
status=
description=
clasps=

1887-8

Witu 1890

1891-2

1892

Witu August 1893

Liwondi 1893

Juba River 1893

Lake Nyassa 1893

1893-94

Gambia 1894

Benin River 1894

Brass River 1895

1896-98

Niger 1897

Benin 1897

Dawita 1897

1897-98

1898

Sierra Leone 1898-99

1899

1900

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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. [http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom130.htm Entry at Medals of the World] ] The obverse held a left-facing portrait of Queen Victoria with the inscription "VICTORIA REGINA". 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. [http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/ashanti/ashantee_1873_74_edward_poynter.htm North East Medals entry on Ashantee Medal] ] The medal was issued in silver to officers and men of the British forces and in bronze to native porters. [ [http://www.nhcra-online.org/19c/mwele.htm Mwele Campaign article] ] There are 21 clasps for this medal and an alternative design for those who served on the Mwele campaign.Citation | last = Narbeth | first = Colin | author-link = | title = Collecting Military Medals | place = | publisher = James Clarke & Co | year = 2002 | volume = |page = 47 | edition = | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z6vlQEDyC9MC | doi = | id = | isbn =0718890094 ] This alternative design was simply the additional imprinting of "MWELE" next to the claw of the medal.

=Clasps=

* 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"
*Sierra Leone 1898-99:"18 February 1898 - 9 March 1899"
*1899:"February - May 1899"
*1900:"4 January - 8 May 1900"

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