Ashantee War Medal 1873-74.
Awarded to Pte Mashalashi, 1st Hausa Force.
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).