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	The medal was engraved and struck at the [[India Government Mint, Kolkata\|Calcutta Mint]] in gold and in silver. Both types were {{convert\|1.9\|in\|mm}} in diameter<ref name=Mussell>{{Cite book\|author=John Mussell (ed).\|title=Medal Yearbook 2015.\|page=117. Token Publishing Ltd. Honiton, Devon.}}</ref> with the following design:<ref name=Joslin/><br>		The medal was engraved and struck at the [[India Government Mint, Kolkata\|Calcutta Mint]] in gold and in silver. Both types were {{convert\|1.9\|in\|mm}} in diameter<ref name=Mussell>{{Cite book\|author=John Mussell (ed).\|title=Medal Yearbook 2015.\|page=117. Token Publishing Ltd. Honiton, Devon}}</ref> with the following design:<ref name=Joslin/><br>
	The obverse depicts a [[sepoy]] holding a [[Union Jack]] with an encampment in the background. Below is the [[Persian language\|Persian]] inscription ''This medal has been presented in commemoration of the defeat of the French armies in the Kingdom of Egypt by the great bravery of the victorious army of England.''<br>The reverse shows a [[ship of the line]] under full sail towards the Egyptian coast, with an obelisk and four pyramids in the background. In the exergue is the date ''MDCCCI'' (1801).<br>The medal was issued unnamed.<br>The suspension is a flattened loop, pinned at the base, through which passes a yellow suspension cord allowing the medal to be worn around the neck.		The obverse depicts a [[sepoy]] holding a [[Union Jack]] with an encampment in the background. Below is the [[Persian language\|Persian]] inscription ''This medal has been presented in commemoration of the defeat of the French armies in the Kingdom of Egypt by the great bravery of the victorious army of England.''<br>The reverse shows a [[ship of the line]] under full sail towards the Egyptian coast, with an obelisk and four pyramids in the background. In the exergue is the date ''MDCCCI'' (1801).<br>The medal was issued unnamed.<br>The suspension is a flattened loop, pinned at the base, through which passes a yellow suspension cord allowing the medal to be worn around the neck.

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{{short description|East India Company medal for 1801 Egyptian campaign}}
{{Infobox military award
|name= Egypt Medal
|image= [[File:Egypt Medal, 1801.jpg|160px]]
|caption= Obverse of the medal depicted on a [[cigarette card]]
|presenter=[[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|30px]] the [[East India Company]] (EIC)
|type= [[Campaign medal]]
|eligibility= EIC and British forces
|awarded_for= Campaign service
|campaign= [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Egypt, 1801]]
|status=
|description=
|clasps=
|established= 1802 (''distributed from 1811'')
|total_awarded=16 gold and 2,200 silver medals
|image2= [[File:Yellow cord suspension for early medals of the HEIC.png|75px]]
|caption2=Suspension cord for the medal
}}
__NOTOC__
The '''Egypt Medal''' is a [[campaign medal]] that was awarded by the [[Governor-General of India]] to members of the expeditionary force that travelled from India to take part in the 1801 [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Egyptian campaign]], a part of the [[French Revolutionary Wars]].<ref name=Steward>{{cite book|last1=Steward|first1=William Augustus|title=War Medals and Their History|date=1915|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co.|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/warmedalstheirhi00stewrich/page/16 16]-17|url=https://archive.org/details/warmedalstheirhi00stewrich|accessdate=2 May 2019}}</ref>

==Criteria==
The medal was awarded to the soldiers of the [[Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet|Major General Baird]]'s [[Division (military)|division]], comprising both [[Presidency armies|East India Company]] (EIC) and [[British Army]] units, that sailed from [[Bombay]] to Egypt in March 1801 to take part in the [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria| campaign against the French]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mayo|first1=John Horsley|title= Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Volume 1|date=1897|publisher= A. Constable & Co|page=[https://archive.org/details/medalsdecoration01mayouoft/page/162 162]|url=https://archive.org/details/medalsdecoration01mayouoft|accessdate=2 May 2019}}</ref> After being present at the successful sieges of [[Siege of Cairo|Cairo]] in June, and [[Siege of Alexandria (1801)|Alexandria]] in August and September, the division returned to India in early 1802.<ref>{{cite book|title=Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: The Egyptian Expedition|date=1911|publisher=Government of India|location=Calcutta|page=Vol. 6. Chapter 2|url=https://archive.org/stream/ExpeditionsOverseas/Expeditions%20Overseas_djvu.txt}}</ref>

The medal was authorised in July 1802 by [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley| Marquess Wellesley]], the Governor-General of India,<ref name=Mayo145>{{cite book|last1=Mayo|first1=John Horsley|title= Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Volume 1|date=1897|publisher= A. Constable & Co|pages=[https://archive.org/details/medalsdecoration01mayouoft/page/145 145]-51|url=https://archive.org/details/medalsdecoration01mayouoft|accessdate=2 May 2019}}</ref> although the medals were only finally completed and distributed from 1811.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mayo|first1=John Horsley|title= Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Volume 1|date=1897|publisher= A. Constable & Co|page=[https://archive.org/details/medalsdecoration01mayouoft/page/124 124]|url=https://archive.org/details/medalsdecoration01mayouoft|accessdate=2 May 2019}}</ref><ref>Duckers, Peter, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QTQRBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=snippet&q=egypt%2C%201801&f=false British Military Medals: A Guide for the Collector and Family Historian]'' (2nd ed.), Chapter 2. (2013). Pen & Sword Books. {{ISBN|978-1-47383-099-8}}</ref> [[Bengal army|Troops from Bengal]] received the medal in gold for more senior officers (16 awarded) and in silver for other ranks (760 awarded), while all members of the [[Bombay Army|Bombay contingent]] were issued with silver medals (1,439 awarded).<ref name=Joslin>{{Cite book|author=Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin.|title=British Battles and Medals.|page=32. Published Spink, London. 1988}}</ref>

Only those who sailed from India with General Baird's division were entitled to the medal,<ref>Mayo, John Horsley, ''[https://archive.org/details/medalsdecoration02mayouoft/page/526 Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, Volume II''], (1897). Page 526. A. Constable & Co.</ref> including those who did not reach Egypt.<ref name=Mayo145/> Others, including members of the [[61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot|61st Foot]] who joined the division in Egypt, having travelled from the [[Cape Colony|Cape of Good Hope]], were ineligible.<ref name=Joslin/> Surviving British Army and [[Royal Navy]] Egypt veterans who had not received the earlier Egypt Medal were however eligible for either the [[Military General Service Medal|Military]] or [[Naval General Service Medal (1847)|Naval General Service Medal]] with clasp ''Egypt'' when this clasp was authorised in 1850.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Captain H. Taprell Dorling.|title=Ribbons and Medals.|page=57. A.H.Baldwin & Sons, London. 1956}}</ref>

==Description==
The medal was engraved and struck at the [[India Government Mint, Kolkata|Calcutta Mint]] in gold and in silver. Both types were {{convert|1.9|in|mm}} in diameter<ref name=Mussell>{{Cite book|author=John Mussell (ed).|title=Medal Yearbook 2015.|page=117. Token Publishing Ltd. Honiton, Devon.}}</ref> with the following design:<ref name=Joslin/> 
The obverse depicts a [[sepoy]] holding a [[Union Jack]] with an encampment in the background. Below is the [[Persian language|Persian]] inscription ''This medal has been presented in commemoration of the defeat of the French armies in the Kingdom of Egypt by the great bravery of the victorious army of England.'' The reverse shows a [[ship of the line]] under full sail towards the Egyptian coast, with an obelisk and four pyramids in the background. In the exergue is the date ''MDCCCI'' (1801). The medal was issued unnamed. The suspension is a flattened loop, pinned at the base, through which passes a yellow suspension cord allowing the medal to be worn around the neck.

Specimens in bronze and bronze gilt are later strikings and were not issued.<ref>Collett, D.W, ''Medals Yearbook'', (1981). Page 49. {{ISBN|0950694312}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom279.htm British Army Medals: Egypt Medal, 1801]
{{Campaign medals of the Honourable East India Company}}
[[Category:British campaign medals]]
[[Category:Medals of the Honourable East India Company]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1802]]
[[Category:British military medals of the Napoleonic Wars]]
[[Category:French campaign in Egypt and Syria]]

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