IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 141546 accession number: CM.1452-2009 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 15 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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 Medal. Eligible recipients of that medal were therefore awarded only extra clasps. The bar that this medal carries was awarded for participation in either or both of two expeditions in what is now Nigeria, one into the area around the modern city of Kaduna (which the British founded in 1913) between 20 February and 9 May 1900, and one into the erstwhile Muri Emirate, which in 1900 was a de facto French protectorate from which the pagan Munshi people were in the habit of raiding Hausa trading traffic. As a result of the campaign the British administration in Nigeria placed itself in strategic control of the area, and it was formally annexed to the Protectorate of Nigeria the following year. This medal was awarded to Private Mohomadu Imbria of the 2nd North Nigerian Regiment. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. title: East and West Africa Medal (1887-1900) NOTES ----- type: history note value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt before 1928 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals collection: Lester Watson Collection creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141546 TECHNIQUES ---------- struck CATEGORIES ------ category: medal DATING ------ creation date: 1900 - 1900 creation date earliest: 1900 creation date latest: 1900 CREATORS -------- maker: London maker: Wyon, Leonard Charles maker: Poynter, Edward John maker: Victoria (1837-1901) maker: Victoria regina DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 36.3 dimension: Weight units: g value: 39.12 CITATIONS -------- British Battles and Medals 7th edn British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959) --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0335_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 109 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0335_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 109 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0335_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 109 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0335_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 109 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0335_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 113 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0335_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 113 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0335_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 113 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0335_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 113 pixels