Central Africa Medal (1895)
Award of the 36mm Central Africa Medal was approved by the Queen on April 1, 1895. The initial award was for various military expeditions from July 1891 to June 1894. It was subsequently authorized for the participants in the Unyoro Expedition (annexation of Bunyoro in western Uganda) in 1895. It was later authorized for service in British Central Africa from 1895–1898. Approximately 5,156 medals were issued.
The silver medal (bronze issue to native troops) uses the same design as the Ashantee Medal and the East and West Africa Medal. The obverse depicts the left facing effigy of Queen Victoria wearing a diadem with a veil behind. On either side of the effigy is the inscription VICTORIA on the left and REGINA on the right. The reverse was designed by Sir Edward John Poynter, the famous British artist and bears a scene of British soldiers fighting the Ashanti in the jungle, inspired by the Ashanti War. The first version of the medal, issued without a clasp, hangs from a ring suspension. A clasp, CENTRAL AFRICA 1894–98 on two lines, was subsequently authorized. When the medal was issued with the clasp, it hung from a straight bar suspension.
Central Africa Medal with CENTRAL AFRICA 1894–98 Clasp
Award of the 36mm Central Africa Medal was approved by the Queen on April 1, 1895. The initial award was for various military expeditions from July 1891 to June 1894. It was subsequently authorized for the participants in the Unyoro Expedition (annexation of Bunyoro in western Uganda) in 1895. It was later authorized for service in British Central Africa from 1895–1898. Approximately 5,156 medals were issued.
The silver medal (bronze issue to native troops) uses the same design as the Ashantee Medal and the East and West Africa Medal. The obverse depicts the left facing effigy of Queen Victoria wearing a diadem with a veil behind. On either side of the effigy is the inscription VICTORIA on the left and REGINA on the right. The reverse was designed by Sir Edward John Poynter, the famous British artist and bears a scene of British soldiers fighting the Ashanti in the jungle, inspired by the Ashanti War. The first version of the medal, issued without a clasp, hangs from a ring suspension. A clasp, CENTRAL AFRICA 1894–98 on two lines, was subsequently authorized. When the medal was issued with the clasp, it hung from a straight bar suspension.
Central Africa Medal with CENTRAL AFRICA 1894–98 Clasp
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