Egypt War Medal 1882-89
Awarded to Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford. 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". Bar: "THE NILE". Inscription on edge: "CAPTN F.G.D.BEDFORD R.N.". Suspended from a clasp and blue ribbon with two white stripes. Mounted on a bar with seven other medals.
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Object Details
ID: | MED2164 |
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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: | Bedford, Frederick George Denham |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | 36 mm |