Egypt War Medal 1882-89

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". Inscription on edge: "LIEUT.A.H.OLIVER, R.N. H.M.S.JUMNA". Suspended from a clasp and blue ribbon with two white stripes. Mounted on a bar with MED1265.

Object Details

ID: MED1264
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, Leonard Charles
Events: Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882
Vessels: Jumna (1866)
Date made: 1882
People: Queen Victoria; Oliver, Algernon Hardy
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm