East and West Africa Medal 1898 Clasp – Full Size Tailor’s Copy

1898 clasp for the East and West Africa Medal, full-size tailor’s copy. This clasp relates to the British East and West Africa Medal, issued for qualifying military and naval service during operations and campaigns in West Africa. The 1898 clasp denotes service connected with the disturbances and military operations in Sierra Leone during 1898.

This is a contemporary tailor’s copy rather than a modern reproduction, making it distinct from later commercially produced replicas. Tailor’s copies were produced for wear or replacement purposes and can be of interest in their own right to collectors of British campaign medals and Victorian military insignia.

The clasp is suitable for collectors of the East and West Africa Medal, Victorian campaign medals, British Army and Royal Navy medals, West African campaign history and nineteenth-century British military memorabilia. Its full-size format makes it suitable for display alongside an East and West Africa medal or as an example of period medal replacement manufacture.

Condition

Good overall condition with age-related wear. The clasp remains suitable for display or mounting with an appropriate medal.