Item #58446 : Original era manufacture. 1882 dated reverse, Egypt medal named on the edge to R.Huston, QrMr (Quartermaster), HMS Dragon. A Doterei class sloop of the Royal Navy, HMS Dragon was launched in 1878 and sold to the breakers in 1892. She carried 6 muzzle-loading cannon and carried a complement of 140-150 men. During the Egypt Campaign of 1882 she landed a naval party at Suez which helpd to successfully prevented the town from being burned by rioting. Later the ship and crew of HMS Dragon performed anti-slavery operations in the Persian Gulf and East coast of Africa in 1884 and 1885. Clean replacement ribbon.