Ashanti Medal

Ashantee Medal
Obverse and reverse of the medal
Type	Campaign medal
Awarded for	Campaign Service
Description	Silver and Bronze, 36mm diameter
Presented by	UK
Eligibility	British and Colonial forces
Campaign(s)	Third Ashanti Expedition
Clasps	Kumassi
Established	1901
Ribbon bar of the medal
Related	Ashantee Medal (1873-74) Ashanti Star (1896)

The Ashanti Medal was sanctioned in October 1901 and was the first campaign medal authorised by Edward VII.^[1] This medal was created for those troops engaged in the Third Ashanti Expedition, also known as the War of the Golden Stool. This expedition lasted from March – December 1900, with the final outcome that the Ashanti maintained its de facto independence. Ashanti was made a Protectorate of the British Empire, but they ruled themselves with little reference to the colonial power.