1592970587000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141303 1747418625179 1711380469000 1747418618272 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141303 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141303 909b3870-83cd-3b1b-aedc-e7cd729a91a1 8 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals Peace-keeping operations in the British possessions in Africa, as anywhere else, required a large number of small campaigns, several of which, from 1892 until 1900, were considered to merit this medal, which in terms of design is a continuation of the Ashantee War Medal. Recipients who held that medal already were therefore awarded only extra clasps. British interests in Sierra Leone had a rather unusual history, as the first colony in the area, Freetown, was established as a utopian new home for liberated slaves. Not only did these ex-slaves revolt at least once, but as the number of quasi-repatriated settlers in the country grew, the indigenous peoples of the area rose up several times in defence of their diminishing control of their homeland. In 1898 and 1899 a British military force was active on what was then called the Brempe River and around Sherboro Island in order to quell such a revolt. This medal was awarded to Private Momo Duko, of the West African Rifles, one of the soldiers involved in that campaign (very few of these medals were awarded to Europeans). Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. CM.1209-2009 1 accession number CM.1209-2009 141303 priref 141303 Watson Catalogue 102 ordering M-0092 previous object number LW.0092 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141303 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141303 Bust of Victoria facing left with veil obverse VICTORIA REGINA design Scene of bush fighting around tree with fallen African to fore reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1892 1892 1892 1892 1900 1 1900 1900 1900 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London artist reference agent-147914 adlib-agent-147914 5137dfbe-da76-3132-b042-fd9281d2df44 Wyon, Leonard Charles artist reference agent-110251 adlib-agent-110251 81ce1385-fb88-3ebe-94da-ef5a6dba80dc Poynter, Edward John ruler reference agent-151398 adlib-agent-151398 bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972 Victoria (1837-1901) with the title of ruler reference agent-174943 adlib-agent-174943 9c2be08c-ce74-3f9c-b796-3c936a5088e0 Victoria regina reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 36.3 Weight g 38.17 reference media-116157 adlib-media-116157 2669482c-0891-3d89-bba4-971cb5f9ba6b jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0092_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 137 1742589747240 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0092_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 137 1742589747240 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0092_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 137 1742589747240 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0092_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 137 1742589747240 1 image 0 media image reference media-116158 adlib-media-116158 2db57cae-3ff0-31a3-b61b-2a6b965f51a9 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0092_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589730135 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0092_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589730135 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0092_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589730135 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0092_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 136 1742589730135 1 image 1 media image reference term-123074 adlib-term-123074 e638791f-6b24-35cc-9e65-cb789721ff18 East and West Africa Medal (1887-1900) denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-107681 adlib-term-107681 e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8 Britain subsubseries reference term-122717 adlib-term-122717 140af9ad-d215-34d9-9d42-52ecb5d3fead British Army subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, acquired before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 365-366, 374 reference publication-5886 adlib-publication-5886 a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6 British Battles and Medals 7th edn reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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