Egypt Medal 1882-1889 : Private C Ryder, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

Egypt Medal 1882 -1889 with bars 'TEL-EL-KEBIR', 'SUAKIN 1884' and 'EL-TEB-TAMAAI'. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are engraved on the edge. Obverse: The diademed and veiled head of Queen Victoria with the legend, 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX'. Reverse: The Sphinx on a pedestal with the word 'EGYPT' above. In the exergue is the date '1882' . The medal is fitted with a straight swivel suspender and three rectangular campaign bars. A piece of 32 mm ribbon that has three bright blue and two white stripes of equal width is attached to the suspender.

Awarded to Private C Ryder of the Gordon Highlanders who fought at the battles of Tel-El-Kebir (13 September, 1882), Suakin 1884 (19 February - 26 March, 1884) and El-Teb-Tamaai (29 February and 13 March, 1884). Thirteen bars were issued with this medal which was awarded to all soldiers and sailors who took part in the various operations in Egypt and the Sudan between 1882 and 1889. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916, and of his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.