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The Sultan of Zanzibar’s Medal

Time Period: Pre-WW1
Year of Institution: 1896
Country: Great Britain

The Sultan of Zanzibar’s Medal was established in 1896 and awarded to the Zanzibari contingent who served under Lieut. Lloyd-Matthews RN in East Africa alongside British and Imperial forces.

The medal was awarded with the following clasps:

Pumwani
Jongeni
Takaungu
Mwele (inscribed only in Arabic)

The Sultan of Zanzibar’s Medal Design

The medal is circular, struck in silver and measures 36 millimeters in diameter.

The obverse shows a facing bust of Sultan Hamid bin Thwain surrounded by a Suaheli inscription in Arabic. The reverse has the same inscription in four lines.

The medal’s ribbon is plain bright scarlet.

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