British Medals
Bronze Khedive Star Type 1 1882
Egypt 1882 Campaign Medal
British forces received the Egypt 1882 Campaign Medal with one or two clasps: (1) ALEXANDRIA 11TH JULY or (2) TEL-EL-KEBIR. The obverse of the circular silver medal with swivel bar for the ribbon suspension features the crowned, veiled head of Queen Victoria facing left, inscribed VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX (Victoria Queen and Empress). The reverse features a sphinx facing left on a decorated plinth, inscribed, EGYPT above, dated 1882 below. The medal was instituted in October 1882 to be awarded to Army and Navy personnel active in the campaign in Egypt.
British forces received the Egypt 1882 Campaign Medal with one or two clasps: (1) ALEXANDRIA 11TH JULY or (2) TEL-EL-KEBIR. The obverse of the circular silver medal with swivel bar for the ribbon suspension features the crowned, veiled head of Queen Victoria facing left, inscribed VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX (Victoria Queen and Empress). The reverse features a sphinx facing left on a decorated plinth, inscribed, EGYPT above, dated 1882 below. The medal was instituted in October 1882 to be awarded to Army and Navy personnel active in the campaign in Egypt.
Khedive Star Type 1 - 1882
Khedive Tawfiq also presented a medal, known as the Khedive Star, to British forces, who assisted him.
The medal is in the form of a five-pointed Type 1 bronze star with loop and laurel-decorated ribbon bar bearing a star and crescent. The obverse features a circular central medallion bearing a sphinx, three pyramids beyond, within a ring inscribed EGYPT1882 above and the Arabic date 1299 and KHEDIVE OF EGYPT in Arabic script below. The reverse features a circular central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of Khedive Tewfik; The Star was instituted in 1882 and awarded to Army and Navy personnel entitled to the Egypt Campaign medal in gratitude for their assistance in reasserting the control of Tewfik Pasha over Egypt, albeit under French and British supervision.
Khedive Tawfiq also presented a medal, known as the Khedive Star, to British forces, who assisted him.
The medal is in the form of a five-pointed Type 1 bronze star with loop and laurel-decorated ribbon bar bearing a star and crescent. The obverse features a circular central medallion bearing a sphinx, three pyramids beyond, within a ring inscribed EGYPT1882 above and the Arabic date 1299 and KHEDIVE OF EGYPT in Arabic script below. The reverse features a circular central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of Khedive Tewfik; The Star was instituted in 1882 and awarded to Army and Navy personnel entitled to the Egypt Campaign medal in gratitude for their assistance in reasserting the control of Tewfik Pasha over Egypt, albeit under French and British supervision.
Bronze Khedive Star Type 1 1882
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