1592963642000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141313 1747245965457 1711380471000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141313 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141313 1104b789-c66b-3fb4-8cd6-1c3498e812ed 8 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals Victorian-period Egypt was technically a dependency of the Ottoman Empire, but in fact the Khedive, Tewfik Pasha, was effectively in the hands of Britain and France, for whom control of the Suez Canal was a strategic necessity. Egypt's shaky economic situation endangering this, in 1879 Britain and France took over government in an arrangement of dual control. This foreign influence was much resented in Egypt, and especially within the army. A Colonel by the name of Ahmad Urabi (Arabi Pasha) became the spearhead of the movement, which launched a coup in 1882. After some international indecision this was suppressed by British arms, and this medal awarded to those involved. The bars of the medal however relate to a later campaign, against Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad ibn al-Sayyid 'Abd Allah and his allies, who after the proclamation of Muhammad Ahmad as Mahdi (the legendary final redeemer of Islam) in 1881 threatened to remove the Sudan, technically an Egyptian possession, entirely from the Khedive's control. Several serious defeats of Egyptian forces in 1884 led to a concerted British campaign, but control could not be recovered. The British withdrew their forces to Egypt and to Khartoum, where General Gordon defended the city whilst awaiting a relief column that, beset by Mahdist attacks, arrived too late. The bar for The Nile 1884-85 indicates participation in that relief expedition, while that for Kirbekan relates to the taking of a Mahdist citadel there in February 1885. This medal was awarded to Private M. Staunton of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, for participation in the initial 1882 campaign, but he clearly fought in the 1884 campaign too. Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928. CM.1219-2009 1 accession number CM.1219-2009 141313 priref 141313 Watson Catalogue 113 ordering M-0102 previous object number LW.0102 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141313 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141313 Bust of Victoria facing left with veil obverse VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX design Sphynx on pedestal facing left reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1882 1882 CE 1882 1882 1890 1 1890 CE 1890 1890 mint reference agent-151458 adlib-agent-151458 eaf43d27-c4d5-3357-b79a-b169ccbb73ec Birmingham artist reference agent-147914 adlib-agent-147914 5137dfbe-da76-3132-b042-fd9281d2df44 Wyon, Leonard Charles artist reference agent-174963 adlib-agent-174963 55c44f19-4249-34f9-a321-1ce958c8d09a Pinches, John ruler reference agent-151398 adlib-agent-151398 bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972 Victoria (1837-1901) with the title of ruler reference agent-174945 adlib-agent-174945 53c52c53-979d-3cdf-9a0b-6b7b691fe2dd Victoria regina et imperatrix reference term-107687 adlib-term-107687 61b7b4a0-65d8-3856-9253-f53f17d65f43 Soho mint Birmingham reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 36.2 Weight g 42.97 reference media-116177 adlib-media-116177 1d9a3f72-98b1-3891-857f-e64ca1648bb4 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0102_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 150 1742589732184 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0102_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 150 1742589732184 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0102_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 150 1742589732184 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0102_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 150 1742589732184 1 image 0 media image reference media-116178 adlib-media-116178 432a32f8-a23c-3de5-9ef7-6956b5051514 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0102_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 147 1742589706357 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0102_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 147 1742589706357 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0102_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 147 1742589706357 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0102_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 147 1742589706357 1 image 1 media image reference term-122835 adlib-term-122835 96a97e8f-d27b-3db1-b0d1-b430d81466e6 Egyptian Medal (1882) denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-107681 adlib-term-107681 e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8 Britain subsubseries reference term-122717 adlib-term-122717 140af9ad-d215-34d9-9d42-52ecb5d3fead British Army subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, acquired before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 344-350, 354, 355 reference publication-5886 adlib-publication-5886 a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6 British Battles and Medals 7th edn reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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