Khedive's Star For The Egypt War 1882

Awarded to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925). Obverse: A five pointed star. Within a band, head of the Sphinx, three pyramids in the background. Legend: 'EGYPT'. Below: 'Khedive of Egypt' (in Arabic letters). Reverse: the monogram of the Khedive, a crown above. No date. Awarded by the Khedive to all those who received the Egypt Medal. Fitted with a ring and bar, with floral scroll and a crescent and star in relief upon it, and blue ribbon. Mounted on a bar with six others.

Sturdee served as Sub-Lieutenant in HMS 'Hecla' 1878 - a torpedo boat that took part in the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882.

Object Details

ID: MED2436
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Jenkins & Sons
Events: Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882
Date made: circa 1886
People: Sturdee, Frederick Charles Doveton
Credit: On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from a Private Collection
Measurements: Overall: 47 mm