Ashanti Medal 1900, clasp: Kumassi, Captain H C J Biss, West African Frontier Force (metal)

Ashanti Medal 1900, clasp: Kumassi, awarded to Captain H C J Biss, West African Frontier Force. This medal was issued to the defenders of the garrison at Kumasi in the Ashanti kingdom and to the personnel of two relief columns sent to aid them after they had been surrounded by a native uprising (sometimes called the War of the Golden Stool). The West African Frontier Force was formed in 1900 to administer the colonial forces of West Africa. The latter consisted of The Northern Nigeria Regiment, The Southern Nigeria Regiment, The Gold Coast Regiment, The Sierra Leone Battalion and the Gambia Regiment. All these units were recruited locally, but were commanded by British officers like Biss.