IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 141388 accession number: CM.1294-2009 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 15 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Most of the battles in the final years of British influence in Egypt were rewarded with issues of the Egyptian Medal, but the Egyptian Khedive Tewfik Pasha showed his gratitude for British help with issues of his own bronze star for the campaigns in his kingdom. Most of the issues of the Star bore the date of the campaign for which they were awarded. The last, which covered fighting against the so-called Dervish forces of the Mahdiyyat régime in Sudan near Suakim in 1887 and on the Nile in 1889, was however issued undated, and was not matched by any corresponding British award. The medal is also unnamed, so we do not know who its recipient was. Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928. title: Khedive's Egyptian Star (undated) NOTES ----- type: history note value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, acquired before 1928 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals collection: Lester Watson Collection creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141388 TECHNIQUES ---------- struck CATEGORIES ------ category: medal DATING ------ creation date: 1889 - 1891 creation date earliest: 1889 creation date latest: 1891 CREATORS -------- maker: Birmingham maker: Tawfiq (1879-92) maker: Egypt maker: Victoria (1837-1901) maker: TM DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 46.9 dimension: Weight units: g value: 47.3 CITATIONS -------- British Battles and Medals 7th edn British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959) --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0177_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 157 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0177_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 157 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0177_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 157 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0177_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 157 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0177_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 159 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0177_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 159 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0177_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 159 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0177_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 159 pixels