Khedive's Star : Private E S de Pass, New South Wales Sudan Contingent Accession Number: REL/08581.004

Description

Khedive's Star (1884-1886). Unnamed as issued. Obverse: In the centre is the Sphinx with the three Great Pyramids in the background. Around this is a raised band, on the upper part of which is embossed 'EGYPT' followed by the dates '1884-6'. The lower part of the band is embossed in Arabic 'KHEDIVE OF EGYPT' with the appropriate date. Reverse: The Khedive's monogram 'T.M.' surmounted by a crown within a raised band. The suspender is a small fixed loop attached between the two uppermost rays of the star. A loose ring is attached to the loop joining a straight laureated bar bearing a crescent moon and a small five pointed star. A small piece of 39 mm plain dark blue ribbon is attached to the suspender bar.

Contextual Description

324 Private Ernest Simon de Pass served with B Company, New South Wales Infantry, in the New South Wales Sudan Contingent in 1885. He enlisted on 20 February 1885 and left Sydney for the Sudan aboard SS Iberia on 3 March 1885. He returned on 23 June aboard SS Arab. De Pass was 23 when he enlisted. He stated that he was a silver refiner who had been born in London. He was the only Jewish member of the contingent. During the Boer War he served as a Quartermaster Sergeant and later a Lieutenant with the 11th Imperial Yeomanry.

Details

Conflicts

• Sudan, 1885

Places

• Sudan

Units

• New South Wales Military Forces

Tags

• Khedive's Bronze Star
• SS Australasian
• SS Iberia