PRE WW1 KHEDIVE’S STAR MEDAL 1882 FOR CAMPAIGN IN ANGLO EGYPT WAR

Description

45mm wide heavy five-pointed bronze star with loop and laurel-decorated ribbon bar bearing a star and crescent; the face with a circular central medallion depicting a sphinx, three pyramids beyond, within a ring inscribed ‘EGYPT 1882’ above and ‘١٢٩٩’ (1299 = AH equivalent of AD1882) and ‘Khedive of Egypt’ in Arabic script below; the reverse with a circular central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of Khedive Tewfik,; court mounted for display ribbon.