PRIVATE J. FOSTER, 1ST BATTALION YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. Egypt Medal 1882-89, undated reverse,

PRIVATE J. FOSTER, 1ST BATTALION YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. Egypt Medal 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (officially engraved: Pte. J. FOSTER. 1/YORKS: R.). Attractively toned, light contact marking from the star, otherwise Good Very Fine.

Medal accompanied by copied medal roll, confirming medal without clasp.

The 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment was awarded the Egypt Medal with undated reverse for the campaign of 1885 in the Sudan, when the battalion took part in the battle of Ginnis, 30/12/1885.

The battle of Ginniss, 30th December 1885, took place outside the village of Ginniss on a bend in the Nile, within sight of the pyramids. Prior to the battle the men of the Yorkshire regiment were ordered to discard their khaki uniforms and put on their red tunics, the regimental history recording that this was done “so as to look more formidable in the eyes of the Dervishes”. This was the last occasion on which British troops fought wearing red tunics.