Egypt, Kingdom. An Order Of The Nile, Grand Cordon, C.1951 GTRexclude Court-mounted with a cardboard backer

Court-mounted with a cardboard backer

Accompanied by its 9 mm x 39

arriving at the Base Depot in France the following day

on July 16

with three photos of recipient

Egypt, Kingdom. An Order Of The Nile, Grand Cordon, C.1951 GTRexclude Court-mounted with a cardboard backer(Nishan al Nil). Instituted 1915 by Sultan Husain Kamil. In silver, consisting of ten multifaceted rays, with gilt radiating from centre medallion, obverse a white enameled five armed star with silver gilt centre, reverse Arabic silver hallmark for 800 silver content, star also marked with Arabic date letter (1951 53) """""""", elongated crowned suspension in Gold, Gold hallmark for Arabic numeral 18 (denoting 750 Gold content or 18ct) on integral