1592970587000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141304 1747418625100 1711380470000 1747418618272 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141304 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141304 c24e2736-5629-3158-9200-bb9f73f023e4 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. The Brass River, or Benue River as it is now known, is a tributary of the Niger River, and in the 1890s the tribes local to it, whose ruler King Koko had his capital at Nimbe in modern Nigeria, were increasingly concerned about European inroads into the palm-oil trade, which threatened their livelihoods. In January 1895 the Royal Niger Company's station at Akassa was attacked and more than forty people killed. Reprisal was carried out by four ships of the Royal Navy within a month and Nimbe partially destroyed. This medal was awarded to Gunner T. Blakeley of the Royal Marine Artillery, serving aboard HMS St George. The vessel was soon after active off Mombasa where its crew also earnt the striking of this medal for M'wele 1895-1896. (Her complement later earnt another medal which has ended up in the Watson Collection.) Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928. CM.1210-2009 1 accession number CM.1210-2009 141304 priref 141304 Watson Catalogue 103 ordering M-0093 previous object number LW.0093 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141304 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141304 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 38.58 reference media-116159 adlib-media-116159 5b788ba0-7cf5-3b0c-85dd-076832b06665 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0093_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 139 1742589775303 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0093_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 139 1742589775303 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0093_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 139 1742589775303 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0093_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 139 1742589775303 1 image 0 media image reference media-116160 adlib-media-116160 e3e9d4e0-6a98-3e5e-a724-8afa49545180 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0093_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 135 1742589696047 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0093_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 135 1742589696047 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0093_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 135 1742589696047 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0093_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 135 1742589696047 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-122712 adlib-term-122712 639b4532-b2cf-3f44-a24b-84974795c1a6 Royal Navy subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Spink before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 365-366, 371 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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