Date
Instituted: 1897.
Campaign: Sudan 1896-1908.
Description: The obverse of this medal
bears the Arabic inscription which translates into English as ‘ABBAS
HILMI THE SECOND’ and has the Mohammedan date of ‘1314’. The
reverse has an oval shield bearing 3 stars and crescents in the
centre surrounded by flags and lances. There are also two
crossed rifles and cannons with a stack of cannon balls below which are the words ‘THE RECONQUEST OF THE SUDAN 1314’ also in Arabic.
The suspender is straight with a claw mounted sweated to the medal.
Metal: Silver or bronze.
Size: 39mm.
Clasps: ‘FIRKET’, ‘HAFIR’, ‘ABU
HAMED’, ‘SUDAN 1897’, ‘THE ATBARA’.
‘KHARTOUM’, ‘GEDAREF’, ‘GEDID’, ‘SUDAN 1899’, ‘BAHR-EL-GHAZAL 1900-02’,
‘JEROK’, ‘NYAM-NAYAM’, ‘TALODI’, ‘KAFTFIA’ and ‘NYIMA’.
Naming: Naming
to British troops was done in engraved upright square or sloping
capitals or have impressed small capital letters or are regimentally
named. Indian troops had their medals engraved in running
script while Egyptian and Sudanese troops had their medals named
in Arabic.
Comments: This medal was issued
by the Khedive of Egypt to commemorate the reconquest of the Sudan
and other later operations. In most cases it was issued with
at least one clasp but some examples exist without. An unofficial
clasp of ‘OMDURMAN’ also exists.
Images courtesy of Tony Farrell
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