Egypt Medal

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This article is about the British campaign medal awarded between 1882–89. For the East India Company medal, see Egypt Medal (1801).

Egypt Medal
Obverse and reverse of the 1882 medal
TypeCampaign medal
Awarded forCampaign service
DescriptionSilver, 36 mm in diameter
Presented byUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
EligibilityBritish and Indian forces.
Campaign(s)Egypt
Clasps
  • Alexandria 11 July
  • Tel-El-Kebir
  • Suakin 1884
  • El-Teb
  • Tamaai
  • El-Teb-Tamaai
  • The Nile 1884–85
  • Abu Klea
  • Kirbekan
  • Suakin 1885
  • Tofrek
  • Gemaizah 1888
  • Toski 1889
Established17 October 1882
Ribbon bar of the medal
RelatedKhedive's Star

The Egypt Medal (1882–1889) was awarded for the military actions involving the British Army and Royal Navy during the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and in the Sudan between 1884 and 1889.

Resentment at increasing British and other European involvement in Egypt since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 triggered an Egyptian army mutiny that threatened the authority of the British-backed Khedive of Egypt, Tewfik Pasha. The British military intervention was in response, to protect British interests. Once in Egypt, the British became involved in the conflicts in the Sudan, which Egypt had occupied since the 1820s.[1]

All recipients of the Egypt Medal were also eligible for one of the four versions of the Khedive's Star.[2]

  1. ^ Michael Barthorp. War on the Nile. pp. 20–30. Published Blandford Press, London. 1984. ISBN 0713713100.
  2. ^ Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin. (1988). British Battles and Medals. p. 164. Published Spink, London. 1988. ISBN 0907605257.