1592963642000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141239 1747245964458 1711380458000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141239 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141239 d3ea44dd-0a1d-3a0d-9230-7efca5cc5652 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 The Ashanti Confederation, which had existed since 1695, was from 1888 ruled by King Prempeh I, who pursued a determined policy of independence while considerably expanding his empire. In 1896 however, Britain, alleging Ashanti cannibalism and human sacrifice, and under the pretext of recovering a debt that the previous ruler had incurred to the British twenty years before, sent forces into the Ashanti capital of Kumase, in modern-day Ghana. Prempeh, in order to avoid bloodshed, offered no resistance and allowed himself to be deposed. He was exiled by the British, but was allowed to return as a private citizen in 1924. This star, which combines a four-pointed star with the cross of St Andrew and is struck from gun-metal, was awarded to the troops who took part in the 1896 expedition that took Kumase. It was reportedly designed by Princess Henry of Battenburg, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter Beatrice, whose husband Prince Henry of Battenburg died of illness contracted on this campaign. It is unnamed, and the recipient therefore unknown. Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928. CM.1145-2009 1 accession number CM.1145-2009 141239 priref 141239 Watson Catalogue 30 ordering M-0028 previous object number LW.0028 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141239 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141239 Central crown with inscription around obverse ASHANTI + 1896 + design Inscription 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 1896 CE 1896 1896 mint reference agent-151458 adlib-agent-151458 eaf43d27-c4d5-3357-b79a-b169ccbb73ec Birmingham ruler reference agent-151398 adlib-agent-151398 bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972 Victoria (1837-1901) artist reference agent-174949 adlib-agent-174949 9c0c86bb-8349-30d7-81f9-fd326638e8ea Battenburg, Princess Henry of with the title of ruler reference agent-152330 adlib-agent-152330 73a51b15-7018-3e76-83b8-b8d66049dbd5 queen reference term-107687 adlib-term-107687 61b7b4a0-65d8-3856-9253-f53f17d65f43 Soho mint Birmingham reference term-122753 adlib-term-122753 3b40257e-e290-39dc-b810-a434921d424d gun-metal Diameter mm 37.3 Weight g 21.12 reference media-116029 adlib-media-116029 7310d2bc-01c6-395b-9944-a26d78538430 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0028_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 132 1742589652743 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0028_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 132 1742589652743 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0028_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 132 1742589652743 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0028_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 132 1742589652743 1 image 0 media image reference media-116030 adlib-media-116030 ff5494be-2bd1-3859-99d1-d07818179c07 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0028_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589707776 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0028_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589707776 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0028_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589707776 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0028_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 141 1742589707776 1 image 1 media image reference term-122752 adlib-term-122752 f03175b2-ea90-3ef9-b6d0-f8323f878213 Ashanti Star 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, bt before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 397 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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