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Medal, campaign   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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George William de Saulles
Title
Medal, campaign
Object type Classification: 278
Description
English: Khedive's Sudan Medal 1896-1908 Medal awarded to 3435 H Eley, 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment circular silver medal; 39mm diameter; straight swivelling suspension bar; with ribbon obverse- an Arabic inscription which reads- ABBAS HILMI THE SECOND; dated- 1314 AH (Anno Hegirae- 1897 AD) reverse- a trophy of arms- an oval shield bearing three stars and crescents in the centre surrounded by lances and flags; the whole is superimposed on two crossed rifles and cannons with a pyramid of six cannon balls; Arabic inscription below which reads- THE RECONQUEST OF THE SUDAN 1314 ribbon- yellow with a broad blue stripe down the centre (symbolic of the Nile flowing through the desert) named on edge- 3435 H.ELEY 1-LINCOLN REGT. ribbon- yellow with central blue stripe (representing River Nile)
Date (1899); 1896-1908; 17 Jul 2001; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign; Sudan (1896-1908)-wars; 15 Aug 2001
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length: 100mm
length: 45mm
diameter: 36.5mm
width: 32mm

notes: medal: 36.5mm diameter ribbon: 32mm wide
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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2001.25.311.2
Place of creation Sudan; England
Exhibition history Display: 6D 28
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Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.25.311.2

Brent Mackrell Collection
Notes Khedive's Sudan Medal 1896-1908 3435 Henry Eley, 1-Lincoln Regt. 1874-. Labourer by trade. Began service in 1892 Served 6 years with regimental police. Discharged in 1909. Attested in 1914, discharged in 1915. (Parment Certificates). Emigrated to NZ in 1920. (Passage voucher from Oversea Settlement Committee received in 1920),
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