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Khedive's Star For The Egypt War 1882
Awarded to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925). Obverse: A five pointed star. Within a band, head of the Sphinx, three pyramids in the background. Legend: 'EGYPT'. Below: 'Khedive of Egypt' (in Arabic letters). Reverse: the monogram of the Khedive, a crown above. No date. Awarded by the Khedive to all those who received the Egypt Medal. Fitted with a ring and bar, with floral scroll and a crescent and star in relief upon it, and blue ribbon. Mounted on a bar with six others.
Sturdee served as Sub-Lieutenant in HMS 'Hecla' 1878 - a torpedo boat that took part in the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882.
Sturdee served as Sub-Lieutenant in HMS 'Hecla' 1878 - a torpedo boat that took part in the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2436 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Jenkins & Sons |
| Events: | Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882 |
| Date made: | circa 1886 |
| People: | Sturdee, Frederick Charles Doveton |
| Credit: | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from a Private Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 47 mm |