1801 East India Company's Egypt Medal Newly Listed Gibbons was assigned to the

Gibbons was assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence on November 11th and commissioned a Lieutenant Commander on February 9

As of October 22nd

All are board mounted

the British Government awarded it without clasp to all members of the British Army and Royal Navy who had "served with distinction" between 5 July 1840 and 29 August 1842 in the following actions :In the Canton River

(1968) (first) version

1801 East India Company's Egypt Medal Newly Listed Gibbons was assigned to theHonourable 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