France: Medal for Dahomey 1892 (Medaille Du Dahomey 1892)

With Paris Mint 'Cornucopia' logo & marks in the reverse lower field A most colourful - and hard fought 'West Africa' colonial campaign, not least as Colonel Dodd's force of 4,000 French troops had to defeat an enemy force at Dogba estimated to number 15,000 'Behanzin' - the enemy force including an estimated 2,000 'Amazons' - the legendary women soldiers of West African history The medal fitted with a length of original silk riband Condition: GVF