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Henry Jenkins & Son
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Medal, campaign
Object type Wars of empire/wars; imperialism/British Empire
Classification: 278
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English: Khedive of Egypt's Star 1882-91 Awarded to a member of the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. five-pointed bronze star; suspension ring attached a straight laureated bar with crescent and a small five-pointed star at centre of bar; with ribbon obverse- in centre the Sphinx with the three Great Pyramids behind; around this on a raised band, h is embossed EGYPT above and below- reverse- the Khedive’s monogram ‘T.M.’ surmounted by a crown within a raised band ribbon- blue-grey with a red stripe near each edge medals issued unnamed, but recipients details have been added on points of star top points recipient initials- J - G horizontal points- initials of unit- 2B - GG (2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards) bottom point- service number which is difficult to decipher, either- 5-1134, or 5-11314, 5-437, or 5437
Date 1882-1891; Tewfik Mahommed-Khedives of Egypt-Ottoman Empire; Abdülhamid II (1876-1909)-Ottoman Empire; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign; Egyptian War 1882-1889-wars; (1882)
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diameter: 48mm
width: 39mm
notes: medal

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institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1929.364
Place of creation Egypt; Birmingham
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1929.364, N1098.1
Notes Khedive of Egypt's Star 1882-91 Believed issued to a member of the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. The stars were authorized by the Sultan of Turkey and conferred by the Khedive of Egypt, Tewfix Mahooed. Awarded to all involved in suppressing the Egyptian rebellion of 1882 and for the campaigns in Egypt and Sudan between 1884-1889.
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