Description
Brooklyn on October 8th
slightly undulated
good/fine overall
this time at Boulogne
orange and white embroidery on dark green wool
1801 East India Company's Egypt Medal Buy Now Brooklyn on October 8thHonourable East India Company's Egypt Medal, 1801 Silver, later striking, obverse illustrating a standing sepoy, holding a large ensign, an attack upon a fortified position in the distance, inscribed below in Persian "This medal has been presented in commemoration of the defeat of the French armies in the Kingdom of Egypt by the great bravery and ability of the victorious army in England", reverse is a starboard quarter view of a full rigged ship