NAM.2001-08-861-1

Ashantee War Medal 1873-74, with clasp: Coomassie. Campaign medal awarded to Pte P H Sarril, 2nd Bn, 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs). Silver, circular medal with, on the obverse (designed by Leonard Charles Wyon), Queen Victoria wearing diadem and veil, with the inscription, ‘Victoria Regina’. On the reverse (designed by Sir Edward Poynter), a scene of bush fighting in the Ashanti War (1873-1874); engraved on the rim with the recipient’s rank and name. The medal is suspended from a yellow ribbon with two black vertical stripes and black edging. Engraved on the rim: ‘PTE P H SARRIL, 2/3RD REGT 1873-4’. Relating to the 3rd Ashanti War (1873-1874). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

3rd Ashanti War (1873-1874)