Egypt War Medal 1882-89

Awarded to Vice-Adm Robert Wilbraham Stopford. 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: "ALEXANDRIA 11TH JULY". Inscription on edge: "CDR. R.W. STOPFORD, R.N. H.M.S ARAB". Suspended from a clasp and blue ribbon with two white stripes. Mounted on a bar with one other medal.

Object Details

ID: MED2699
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, Leonard Charles
Date made: 1882
People: Stopford, Robert Wilbraham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm
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