Date
Instituted: 1882.
Campaign: Egypt 1882-89.
Description: The obverse has the head
of Queen Victoria and the legend ‘VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX’.
The reverse depicts a sphinx facing left with the word ‘EGYPT’ above
and ‘1882’ in the exergue below. Post 1882 awards were identical
but with the 1882 date being omitted. The
suspender is straight with a claw mount sweated to the medal.
Metal: Silver.
Size: 36mm.
Clasps: ‘ALEXANDRIA’, ‘TEL-EL-KEBIR’,
‘TAMAAI’, ‘EL-TEB-TAMAAI’, ‘SUAKIN 1884’, ‘THE NILE 1884-5’, ‘ABU
KLEA’, ‘KIRBERKAN’, ‘SUAKIN 1885’, ‘TOFREK’, ‘GEMAIZAH’ and ‘TOSKI’.
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Naming: Those
with the 1882 date usually have engraved sloping capitals while
undated examples have impressed sloping capitals or large upright
capitals for those issued to the Royal Marines. Indian troops
had their medals engraved in running script and those to Egyptian
troops were named in Arabic.
Comments: The maximum number of
clasps awarded to anyone person is seven but only one such example
exists while six medals were issued with six clasps. Medals
with five clasps are rare but those with four or less are more common.
Medals with the clasps ‘ABU KLEA’ or ‘KIRBEKAN’ should always be
accompanied with ‘THE NILE 1884-5’ and those with ‘TOFREK’ must
always be accompanied by ‘SUAKIN 1885’
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