Khedive's Star

Khedive's Star
Khedive's Star: obverse and reverse
Awarded by the Khedivate of Egypt
Type	Campaign medal
Eligibility	Egyptian, British and Indian forces.
Campaign(s)	Anglo-Egyptian War Mahdist War
Statistics
Established	1882
Last awarded	1891
Related	Khedive's Sudan Medal (1897) Khedive's Sudan Medal (1910)
Ribbon bar of the medal

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.

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 war strengthened the power of the Khedive of Egypt, Tewfik Pasha, a supporter of the British government, who decided to reward all British and Indian soldiers who took part in the fighting and who had received the British Egypt Medal.

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.

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

The medal consists of a five-pointed bronze star darkened by means of lacquer. On the obverse, the center 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 approriate date, under the corresponding Arabic inscription. The reverse has the monogram of Tawfiq Pasha crowned and surrounded by his Western titration. The suspension bar for the blue ribbon bears a crescent and a star.

There are four variations of the star that correspond to the different campaigns:

For service in the Sudan during the Mahdist War: