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Egypt War Medal 1882-89
Awarded to Edward Matson Hewett RN (1864-1904). Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (L) Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX'. Reverse: the sphinx on an ornamental platform. Legend: 'EGYPT'. Exergue: '1882'. Bars: 'SUAKIN 1884, 'EL-TEB-TAMAAI'. Inscription on edge: 'E.M.HEWETT MIDSN. R.N. H.M.S. EURYALUS'. Suspended from a clasp and blue ribbon with two white stripes. Mounted on a bar with two others.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1964 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882 |
| Date made: | 1882 |
| People: | Hewett, Edward Matson |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |