The East and Central Africa Medal was a campaign medal

Campaign medal

A campaign medal is a military decoration which is awarded to a member of the military who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater...

 approved for issue to officers and men of the British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 armed forces in East

East Africa

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 and Central Africa

Central Africa

Central Africa is a core region of the African continent which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....

. The obverse of the medal held a left facing portrait of Queen Victoria holding the Royal Sceptre with the inscription "VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX". The reverse held an image of Britannia

Britannia

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standing and facing right, holding a trident and palm branch, behind her is a lion and the rising sun. The inscription on the reverse is "EAST & CENTRAL AFRICA".

The medal was 36mm in diameter and made of silver, except for some bronze versions which were awarded to native troops and camp followers. Seven awards were made to women.

Clasps

• Lubwa's

23 September 1897 - 24 February 1898

• Uganda 1897-98

20 July 1897 - 19 March 1898

• 1898

1898

• Uganda 1899

21 March - 2 May 1899