Khedive's Star

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Khedive's Star
Khedives Star Obverse.jpg Khedives Star Reverse.jpg
Khedive's Star: obverse and reverse
Type Campaign medal
Presented bythe Khedivate of Egypt
EligibilityEgyptian, British and Indian forces.
Campaign(s) Anglo-Egyptian War
Mahdist War
Established1882
Last awarded1891
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Ribbon bar of the medal
Related Egypt Medal
Khedive's Sudan Medal (1897)
Khedive's Sudan Medal (1910)

The Khedive's Star was a campaign medal established by Khedive Tewfik Pasha to reward those who had participated in the military campaigns in Egypt and the Sudan between 1882 and 1891. This included British forces who served during the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and the subsequent Mahdist War, who received both the British Egypt Medal and the Khedive's Star. Cast in bronze and lacquered, it is also known as the Khedive's Bronze Star. [1]

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History

After the outbreak of the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882, the United Kingdom met with opposition from Ahmed ‘Urabi a nationalist and supporter of Egyptian independence. The British success in the war strengthened the position of the Khedive of Egypt, Tewfik Pasha, a supporter of the British government, [2] who decided to reward all British and Indian Army soldiers who took part in the campaign and who had received the British Egypt Medal. [3] Permission was granted to wear the star in uniform. [1]

The award of the Star was extended to the subsequent Mahdist War in the Sudan until 1891. When the reconquest of the Sudan recommenced in 1896, the Khedive authorised a new campaign medal. [4]

The Khedive also made a small number of awards of the Star to Egyptian civilians for non-military service. [5]

Description

The medal consists of a five-pointed bronze star darkened by means of lacquer. On the obverse, the centre of the star shows an image of the sphinx with the pyramids in the background, all within a ring bearing the word "EGYPT" and the appropriate date, above the corresponding Arabic inscription. The reverse has the monogram of Tawfiq Pasha, crowned. The suspension bar for the dark blue ribbon bears a crescent and a star. Issued unnamed, some recipients arranged privately for their details to be engraved on the reverse. [6]

The medal was manufactured by Henry Jenkins and Sons of Birmingham, [7] who also made the Kabul to Kandahar Star of 1880. [8]

Different versions

There are four variations of the star that correspond to the different campaigns with only one star, the earliest qualified for, awarded to each recipient: [9]

For service in the Sudan during the Mahdist War:

In addition, a clasp inscribed Tokar in Arabic only (توكار) was awarded to those present at the action at Tokar on 19 February 1891. This was fitted to the Star already held or, for new recipients, awarded with an undated Star. [10]

Tokar clasp for Khedives star.jpg The Tokar clasp

For British forces, the Star is always accompanied by the Egypt Medal, with the exception of service at Tokar in 1891, where the Egypt Medal was not awarded. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mayo 1897, p. 416–419.
  2. ↑ Barthorp 1984, pp. 26–32.
  3. ↑ "Egypt Medal and Khedive's Star". Durham County Record Office. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Mayo 1897, p. 433.
  5. ↑ Orders and Medals Research Society Journal, September 2015, page 220
  6. ↑ Naming of Khedive's Stars, Michael Hargreave Mawson, accessed 27 February 2020.
  7. ↑ Joslin, Litherland & Simpkin 1988, p. 164.
  8. ↑ Joslin, Litherland & Simpkin 1988, p. 157.
  9. 1 2 Joslin, Litherland & Simpkin 1988, p. 165.
  10. ↑ Mussell 2014, p. 153.

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