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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 Wars of empire/wars; imperialism/British Empire
Classification: 278
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English: Khedive's Sudan Medal 1896-1908 with two bars Medal awarded to Pte H Copus, 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. silver medal; two bars; plain 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 bars- THE ATBARA - KHARTOUM ribbon- yellow with a broad blue stripe down the centre (symbolic of the Nile flowing through the desert) named on edge- 4141 PTE. H. COPUS. 1. LINC. REGT.
Date (Pre 1977); 1896-1908; Sudan (1896-1908)-wars; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign; (1897)
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diameter: 39mm
width: 39mm
notes: medal

notes: ribbon
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
799917 (object number)
Place of creation Sudan; England
Exhibition history Display: 3A
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1789
Notes Khedive's Sudan Medal 1896-1908 with two bars Medal awarded to Pte H Copus, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Bars- The Atbara- issued to those who took part in the battle at Atbara on the 8th April, 1898 Khartoum- issued to those who took part in the battle near Khartoum on 2nd September, 1898
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