United Kingdom. An Ashanti Star, 1896 Hold and Commemorative Medal for the

and Commemorative Medal for the Centenary of the 1812 War (bronze gilt

with a white-enameled Maltese cross fastened onto the obverse

Instituted on 27 December 1941

Like his comrades

the crowned arms of Dalmatia beside the date "1941 Λ XIX" (19 April 1941) below

United Kingdom. An Ashanti Star, 1896 Hold and Commemorative Medal for theInstituted 1896. Composed from gun metal, unnamed as issued, official size, with period ribbon, dark patina, in very fine condition. Footnote: The Ashanti Star was instituted in 1896 and awarded to members of Major General Sir Francis C. Scotts expedition against the Ashanti Kingdom, also known as the Fourth Anglo Ashanti War.