United Kingdom. An Egypt Medal 1882-1889, to Private W. Randall, 1st Battalion, Berkshire Regiment

SUAKIN 1885, with 1882 reverse (41/2079. Pte W. RANDELL. 1/BERKS: R.). Naming is officially engraved in italic capitals. In silver, measuring 36.3 mm in diameter, bruised, edge nicks, replacement ribbon, fine. 

Footnote: The Egypt Medal 1882-1889 was awarded for the military actions involving the British Army and Royal Navy during the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and in the Sudan, between 1884 and 1889. Resentment at increasing British and other European involvement in Egypt since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 triggered an Egyptian army mutiny that threatened the authority of the British-backed Khedive of Egypt, Tewfik Pasha. The British military intervention was in response, to protect British interests. Once in Egypt, the British became involved in the conflicts in the Sudan, which Egypt had occupied since the 1820s. All recipients of the Egypt Medal were also eligible for one of the four versions of the Khedive's Star.