Egypt Medal 1882-1889 : Private R D W McDonald, New South Wales Ambulance Corps

Places
Accession Number REL/08639.001
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Medal
Physical description Silver
Maker Pinches, John
Unknown
Wyon, Leonard Charles
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c 1886
Conflict Sudan, 1885
Description

Egypt Medal 1882 -1889 with the bar 'SUAKIN 1885'. 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. The exergue is blank . The medal is fitted with a straight swivel suspender and a single rectangular campaign bar. A piece of 32 mm ribbon which has three bright blue and two white stripes of equal width is attached to the suspender.

History / Summary

This medal was issued to 22 Private R D W McDonald, who served in the Sudan with the New South Wales Ambulance Corps.