East and West Africa Medal 1887-1900, campaign medal
Accession Number
NAM.1959-11-379-1
Description
East and West Africa Medal 1887-1900. Thought to have been awarded to Maj H C J Biss when a temporary Captain in the West African Frontier Force, 1899 (c). Circular, silver medal with, on the obverse, a portrait of Queen Victoria, with the inscription, ‘Victoria Regina’. On the reverse, designed by Sir Edward Poynter, British infantry fighting African warriors in a forest.