Sold as an un-marked, later strike by the maker J. H. Jenkins of Birmingham, as a replacement for the medal awarded to No. 1390 Lance Sergeant J. W. Goodall, 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire RegimentThe engraving on the star is not in the usual regimental engraved style associated with this unit. However as the original issue stars to the West Yorkshire Regiment were privately named at the expense of the Colonel commanding, any subsequent re-placement medals would all have been un-named, or privately named in a different styleThe only British soldier with the initials J.W.G. appearing in the Ashanti Medal Roll of 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment is No. 1390 Private J. W. GoodallThe Ashanti Stars were struck un-named by the Birmingham medallist J. H. Jenkins, this medal with approximate dimensions:Dimension: 37mm (w)Weight: 21gMedal(s) verification: A search of the digitized medal roll for the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment shows that their was only one soldier in the unit that had the initials J. W. G.. In addition the recipient was also awarded medals for his service in the South African War, all the medal rolls being referenced below:- Ashanti Star: WO 100/79. Served in Ashanti 29/12/95 - 17/01/96- QSA Medal. With clasp 'Cape Colony': WO 100 /175. On roll 4/WYR as Goodhall (sic)- KSA Medal. With 2 x dated 'SA' clasps: WO 100/324. Shown on roll 4/WYR as Goodhall (sic)Reference 'Ashanti 1895-96' (McInnes & Fraser, 1897), an estimated 2224, medals are recorded as being awarded to British and African 'All-Ranks' in the medal rolls held at The National ArchivesProvenance: The above referenced published book records that an Ashanti Star to Goodall was sold by John Hayward & Sin in 1968 for GBP 12 - how this 'sold' medal was named, is not recorded!John WillIam Goodall, son of Thomas Goodall (whose NOK address was , 8 Main Place, Hunslet, Leeds) was a native of, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, where he was born in 1866. John enlisted in the British Army at Leeds, 8 June 1886, at which time he described his prior civilian Trade' as a 'Groom' and that he was 20 years of age. On joining the British Army he was posted to his local infantry regiment, the West Yorkshire Regiment. After completion of his basic training he served initially with 1st Bn/WYR, and was transferred to 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment on 2 December 1889, with which battalion he then served overseas in British India through to 23 November 1895. He served in Ashanti 29 December 1995 through 17 January 1896 (medal roll refers). He transferred to the Army Reserve on, 31 March 1896, and took his discharge on 7 June 1898. He next enlisted in the Militia (4/WYR) on, 27 December 1899, through 26 December 1903. He then enlisted in the Royal Garrison Regiment 30 December 1903, through to 1 August 1905. His final record of military service was as a Reservist on the Militia from 05/10/05 through to taking his final discharge on 04/10/1909. Notwithstanding he had prior held the ranks of Lance Sergeant / Sergeant, his service papers latterly describe his character and conduct as 'Good', only!A large set of the recipients' service papers are extant and accessible at The National Archives, where they are held in the WO97 file series.A most interesting medal. When & where, the recipient obtained this later strike un-marked replacement medal, and where it was named is not known to us, however, the recipient clearly wore the medal with pride basis the overall signs of wearCondition: VF