United Kingdom. An Ashanti Star 1896 Auction gilt wear and spotting

gilt wear and spotting

the Order of Solomon

the grand cross presenting a cross pattee in silver gilt with scaled arms and ball finials

vertical banjo style pinback with a sheet metal hinge and a semi-rounded wire catch

circumscribed by a ring of white enamel and the inscription ORDEN DEL QUETZAL

United Kingdom. An Ashanti Star 1896 Auction gilt wear and spottingInstituted 1896. Composed from gun metal, unnamed as issued, official size, with period ribbon, dark patina, in very fine condition. Footnote: The Ashanti Star was instituted in 1896 and awarded to members of Major General Sir Francis C. Scotts expedition against the Ashanti Kingdom, also known as the Fourth Anglo Ashanti War.