| 词条 | Khedive's Sudan Medal (1897) |
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| name = Khedive's Sudan Medal | image = | caption = Obverse (left) and reverse of the medal | awarded_by = the Khedivate of Egypt | country = | type = Campaign medal | eligibility = Egyptian, British and Indian forces. | for = | campaign = Anglo-Egyptian invasion of Sudan | status = | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = 1897 | first_award = | last_award = 1908 | total = | posthumous = | recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = | higher = | same = | lower = | related = Khedive's Star Queen's Sudan Medal Khedive's Sudan Medal (1910) Sudan General Service Medal (1933) | image2 = Khedives Sudan Medal 1897.png | image_size2 = 120px | caption2 = Ribbon bar of the medal }} The Khedive's Sudan Medal was a campaign medal awarded by the Khedivate of Egypt for service during the reconquest of the Sudan, the final part of the Mahdist War. Established 12 February 1897, by Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pasha, this medal was initially to commemorate the reconquest of the Dongola province in 1896.[1] It was subsequently authorised for later campaigns and actions until 1908. The medal was awarded with fifteen different clasps.[1] All those who received the Khedive's Sudan Medal for service on the Nile during 1896-98 also received the Queen's Sudan Medal. AppearanceThe medal is circular, 39 millimetres in diameter, and awarded in silver to soldiers of the Egyptian and British armies, and in bronze to a small number of non-combatants, mainly grooms from the Indian Army and officers’ servants.[2] The obverse bears the Arabic cypher of the Khedive, and the Hijri year 1314. The reverse shows an oval shield superimposed over a trophy of flags and arms. The medal hangs from a straight bar suspension.[3] The ribbon of the medal is 38 mm wide. It is yellow with a broad centre stripe of blue, representing the Nile flowing through the desert.[3] ClaspsAs many as ten clasps on one medal have been documented to members of the Egyptian Army. The medal is seldom seen with more than two clasps to British regiments since, apart from a number of small detachments, no British unit was present at more than two actions, the principal ones being the Atbara and Khartoum.[4]
A number of medals were awarded with no clasp, including for service during 1896 to an Indian Army force based at Suakin, and to the crews of HMS Melita and HMS Scout, that served off the Sudanese coast during the same period.[4] References1. ^http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/sudan/khedives_sudan_1896_1908.htm 2. ^{{cite web |url= http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3763845|title=The National Archives: Bronze medal for officers’ servants confirmed on roll for respective regiment}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite book |editor-last=Mackay |editor-first=James |title=The Medal Yearbook 2004|year=2004|publisher=Token Publishing Ltd.|location=Devon, UK|isbn=9781870192620|page=236 |editor2=Mussell, John W.}} 4. ^1 {{Cite book|author=Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin.|title=British Battles and Medals.|page=181. Published Spink, London. 1988}} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Narbeth|first=Colin|title=Collecting Military Medals: A Beginner's Guide|year=2002|publisher=Lutterworth Press|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=9780718890094|pages=41–42}} External links
1 : Orders, decorations, and medals of Egypt |
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