1592970587000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141306 1747418625020 1711380470000 1747418618272 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141306 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141306 971d71dd-1715-39e3-9d05-0f871ac0a998 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 Benin 1897 bar was given for involvement in the conquest of the previously independent Kingdom of Benin, which had existed since the 14th century. This campaign was occasioned by the slaying of eight British representatives there in 1896, in a time of increasing tension over the palm-oil trade, which Benin protected fiercely. The resultant Punitive Expedition captured and looted Benin City, which is now in Nigeria. The bar was awarded to personnel of the Navy not for this attack, however, but for the capture of the seaboard towns of Gwato (Ughoton) and Sapobo. This example was awarded to Pvt. G. Brown of the Royal Marines, whose unit were berthed for the campaign aboard the by-now veteran HMS St George. (The Watson Collection also includes medals awarded to men of this ship from the Brass River and M'wele campaigns of 1895-1896.) Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. CM.1212-2009 1 accession number CM.1212-2009 141306 priref 141306 Watson Catalogue 105 ordering M-0095 previous object number LW.0095 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141306 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141306 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 36.4 Weight g 38.44 reference media-116163 adlib-media-116163 cdc57035-5f28-3be3-a09f-56a217e936f7 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0095_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 148 1742589701171 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0095_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 148 1742589701171 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0095_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 148 1742589701171 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0095_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 148 1742589701171 1 image 0 media image reference media-116164 adlib-media-116164 a203dcda-7246-3204-a330-e10ed2964219 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0095_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 142 1742589747501 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0095_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 142 1742589747501 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0095_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 142 1742589747501 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0095_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 142 1742589747501 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, acquired before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 365-366, 372 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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