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Egypt War Medal 1882-89
Awarded to William Nathan Wright Hewett. 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'. Bar: 'SUAKIN 1884, '"EL-TEB'. Inscription on edge: 'REAR ADML. SIR, W.N.W.HEWETT. K.C.B. V.C. H.M.S. EURYLAS'. Suspended from a clasp and blue ribbon with two white stripes.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1952 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882 |
| Date made: | 1882 |
| People: | Hewett, William Nathan Wrighte |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |
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