Ashantee War Medal 1873-74 awarded to Pte S Kirk, Royal Marines, HMS Active 1873-74.
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.
Associated with the 3rd Ashanti War (1873-1874).