Egyptian Campaigns Medal 1882-89, with clasp, 'Tel-el-Kebir', awarded to Private G Howlett, Commissariat and Transport Corps

Circular, silver campaign medal with, on the obverse, the veiled head of Queen Victoria, with the inscription in Latin, 'Victoria Regina et Imperatrix' (Victoria, Queen and Empress). On the reverse, a sphinx on a plinth with the word 'Egypt' above. Impressed on the rim with recipient's rank, name and unit abbreviation; suspended on a blue and white striped ribbon, with the clasp, 'Tel-el-Kebir'.

Tel-el-Kebir lies at a strategic point on the railway between Ismailia and Cairo. On 13 September 1882 it was the scene of the final, decisive action of the Egyptian War, fought between the British (then joint rulers of Egypt, with France) and Arabi Pasha, an Egyptian Army officer and leader of the revolt against foreign rule.

From a medal group awarded to Private G Howlett, Commissariat and Transport Corps.