Rusty Greaves

I recently stumbled on the moderately low-resolution images of an example of the Abbas Hilmi II medal commemorating the anniversary of his coronation and return from Hegaz in my older computer files that I initially mentioned at the end of my post of 25 March, 2017. I first encountered this example in an eBay listing, that included only a very low-resolution thumbnail image of the medal. I noted that I had found the listing and low resolution images of the medal archived on the WorthPoint.com website at the end of my post of 9 December, 2017, but did not include that image as it does not provide as much detail about the design as other images I had found on the internet, or the photo I took on 14 October, 2016 of the Crabités example through the glass of its mounting. I noted in the 9 December post that the seller stated little knowledge about the medal and that it sold for $US 76 (most auction prices available for this medal fall within the $600-700 range, with a couple reported sales up to ~$4,000) I wish to illustrate it here as another example that appeared in an auction sale. The other point I want to raise here is something that I have inexplicably ignored, this bronze medal is gilt and that is why it appears gold in color rather than bronze. Low-resolution image of the obverse the Abbas Hilmi II commemorative medal sold on a 10 July, 2010 eBay auction and archived on the WorthPoint.com website (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/egypt-gilded-bronze-medal-b29-115277729). The description identifies the diameter as 66 mm (across the lateral margins and not including the princely crown?), a thickness of 4 mm, and a weight of 118 g. The archived listing states that the word "BRONZE" is engraved on the edge of the medal. I noted in my 9 December, 2017 post that that the description had correctly identified the "MASSONET . EDIT" medallists mark to the left of the obverse portrait of Khedive Abbas Hilm II, and that this was "a famous 19th century French engraver". Obviously, I forgot about that and since I could not find the posting again I spent November 2017 trying to determine what that inscription was. Another point that description raises is that it says the medal is gilt ("gilded"). All listings of this medal identify it as bronze, but the medal always appears gold in photographs. I have not addressed this question before. The veryimportantlot.com example I illustrated in my post of 2 October, 2018 also states that the medal is gilt bronze. The photo shows the significant corrosion of the crown on this example, wear to highpoints of the relief (especially the nose, brows, chin , mustaches, & cheeks of the Abbas Hilmi II portrait, parts of the tarbush, some of the scrollwork and scarabs), probably some deep scratches on the Khedive's tarbush, and possibly discoloration of the flat background to the viewer's right of the Abbas Hilmi II portrait bust. The star on top of the crescent at the superior margin of the princely crown appears to be bent toward the right and backwards. Reverse of the same Abbas Hilmi II medal from the 2010 eBay listing archived not ehe WorthPoint.com website. This shows were to some of the same highpoints as seen on the eBay example I illustrated in my post of 22 July, 2018, and the photos of the the Dix Noonan Webb example I illustrated in my post of that I think is the same medal as the July 2018 eBay offering. The reverse also shows the same extensive corrosion in the crown, appears to have a nick to the left of the Horus Falcon (at the superior portion of the medal design) image's feet, and has additional areas of wear on other high relief areas of the design (especially the body of Horus, the falcon's most distal tail, the sun symbols held in the Horus falcon's feet, the scarabs, and highpoint on the scrollwork). The star on top of the crescent at the superior margin of the princely crown also appears bent to the left in this photo.

I have several miscellaneous contributions about the Egyptian Indigenous Courts and the commemorative medal for the closing of the Egyptian Mixed Courts in 1949 to add to this thread today. This moderate resolution portrait image shows an individual in a Royal Guard uniform wearing the bicolored sash (green above & red below) and crescent & star pin that I believe are the regalia of the Egyptian indigenous Courts (the national counterpart of the international Mixed Courts). This photo comes from a 15 February, 2015 eBay auction listing archived on the WorthPoint.com website (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/egypt-photo-military-officer-uniform-1861664203). No studio name or other information is provided. I have previously included 2 portrait photos of individuals in military uniforms wearing this sash with the crescent & star pin. My post on this thread of 6 April, 2020 includes a hand-colored studio portrait of a man in a uniform with a bicolor sash (green & red) and a crescent and single star insignia as the 18th photo in that post addressing costume of the Indigenous Courts (I also previously included that as the 1st photo in my post of 6 November, 2018). That individual wears a white uniform that I am not knowledgable enough to identify. I also included a high-resolution portrait (and 2 close-up cropped portions of the costume details) as the first 3 images in my post of 2 July, 2020 showing a man wearing a Royal Guard uniform with the same bicolored sash, crescent & star pin, and holding his dress sword. I wanted to include this additional, although lower-resolution, image that confirms the costume combination suggesting some specialized role for Royal Guardsmen in association with the Egyptian Indigenous Courts. The man in the above portrait wears the breast badge of the Order of the Nile (the resolution is too poor to determine if it is the 4th or 5th class, although it appears there may not be a rosette on the ribbon, suggesting it's likely the 5th Class Knight award) and what I believe is a European award to the viewer's right of the Order of the Nile. The photo resolution is poor, and my knowledge of European medals is woefully slim, but it resembles a British CBE, OBE, or MBE (?). Although there is variation in the number of stars associated with the crescent pin among lawyers and other officials of the Indigenous Courts (see the various portraits in that 6 April, 2020 post), the other 2 portraits of men in military uniform with the bicolored sash also exhibit a crescent with only a single star. Some of the lawyers (or other court officials) shown in that post also wear a crescent with just 1 star. Undated group portrait of members of the Indigenous Court from a current eBay offering (https://www.ebay.com/itm/EGYPT-VINTAGE-PHOTO-Members-of-the-judiciary-in-Assiut-PHOTO-HANA/274636102167?hash=item3ff1965a17:g:ccAAAOSw-tBf8zaC). The portrait was taken by the Studio of Tadius Hanna in Assiout (modern spelling = Asyut). The description identifies this as an original print measuring 21 X 16 cm. This moderately high-resolution image can be zoomed for greater detail. All (or the majority?) of the individuals appear to be wearing monochrome pleated sashes (green?, only the sash of the man 3rd from L in the 1st row may have a bicolored sash?) with the crescent and single star pin regalia (only 2 individuals with visible crescent & star insignia may show multiple stars: the man seated in the front row 4th from L appears to have multiple stars above and possibly below the crescent pin; and the man seated next to him, 3rd from L, appears to have 3[?} stars above the crescent). The seller identifies this as a picture of the judiciary in Assiout (probably only because of the studio location identification on the matting, however it is likely). Most of the personnel (other than the two guards in the back row, and 2 men wearing stamboulin coats: the man seated 3rd from L in the front row with multiple stars and possibly the man standing 2nd from R in the 2nd row who also appears to have a stamboulin coat) wear western-style collared jackets (and a variety of collar and tie styles) as seen in the other photos of Indigenous Court portraits of the 20th century, as shown in my post of 6 April, 2020 on this thread (the portrait of the Indigenous Court of Appeals in Cairo from 1895, the 8th photo of that 6 April post, shows the use of only stamboulin coats). Unlike some of the photos in that post, the coats are of diverse cuts in this portrait (non-uniform coats also are seen in the 6th, 9th [although many are similar in this portrait], 10th, 13th, and 14th photos of my 6 April post). Uniform outerwear (also western-style collared coats) is seen on the other court portraits). I also came across a few additional examples of silver commemorative medals for the closing of the Egyptian Mixed Courts on 14 October, 1949 on the WorthPoint.com archive and other websites. I have previously illustrated 2 examples of this medal in silver as the 1st photo in my post of 3 May, 2018 (also included as the 1st photo of my post on this thread of 7 July, 2020) and as the last 2 photos of my post of 28 February, 2019 discussing hallmarks on the Mixed Court judicial and court official badges on this thread. Bronze examples are more commonly encountered on auction sites (i.e., the 2nd & 3rd photos in my 3 May, 2018 post), so I thought it would be useful to show a few additional silver examples. The iconography on the reverse is derived from a postal stamp design commemorating the same event (see my posts of 17 October and 25 October, 2018; the first photo in my post of 14 November, 2018; and a brief summary in my 7 July 2020 post). The first 2 examples below are the same pieces I previously chose to show the details of this commemorative medal. The last 3 silver examples I have not illustrated on this thread. I apologize for the redundancy of including photos I have previously posted, and images that only show differences in the condition of this medal. As I continue my research, I have occasionally re-organized how I think some of these images should be presented comparatively and with some additional information. Obverse of a silver medal commemorating the closure of the Egyptian Mixed Courts on 14 October, 1949 from an 18 May, 2018 auction by Stephen Album Rare Coins archived on the icolletor.com website (https://www.icollector.com/item.aspx?i=29825948). This is one of the highest resolution image on the internet and this example is probably in the best condition of any silver examples I have encountered online. I have previously included an image that combines both the obverse & reverse of this example as the the 1st photo in my post of 3 May, 2018; the last photo in my post of 28 February, 2019 (discussing hallmarks); and the 1st photo of my post on this thread of 7 July, 2020. The signature underneath the shoulder of the bust of King Farouk I is that of Sadek Tewfik Bichay (brother of Fahmy Tewfik Bichay). As noted at the end of my post of 28 February, 2019, the inscriptions on this medal are translated by Ahmed S. Kamel on his flickr site (see that post for the link). The obverse inscription on the left side of the bust of King Farouk I reads: “King of Egypt”; and on the right of the obverse it reads “Farouk I”. On the reverse, the Arabic inscription on the right is not translated by Ahmed S. Kamel, but is probably a translation of the French inscription on the left of the medal: “FIN DU SYSTÉME JUDICIARE MIXTE”, as also seen on the stamp commemorating this event. Reverse of the same silver commemorative medal from the 18 May, 2018 auction by Stephen Album Rare Coins. This image shows the English initials of Sadek Tewfik Bichay ("S.T.B") near the inferior right margin. The GMIC contributor annab, the daughter of Fahmy Tewfik Bichay, identified these initials in her posts of 3 June and 5 June, 2018 on this thread. This image also shows well the Egyptian silver hallmarks identifying (L-R) the Cairo assay office fineness mark for 90% (900) silver and the cat hallmark for Egyptian silver (supposedly only used from 1916-1946 and then replaced with the lotus blossom hallmark). The date hallmark for 1948-1949 is less clear than on the next silver example from a 7 January 2018 auction on eBay archived on the WorthPoint.com website. Cropped enlargement of the inferior margin of the reverse of this same silver medal showing the Egyptian silver hallmarks and the "S.T.B." initials (this image can be zoomed for greater detail). Compared with the 3rd illustration below showing the set of Egyptian silver hallmarks, it is apparent that the Arabic letter for the date hallmark is problematic to read in these photos. Obverse of the commemorative medal marking the closing of the Mixed Courts in October 1949 from a 7 January, 2018 auction on eBay archived on the WorthPoint.com website (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/egypt-1949-large-silver-farouk-gilt-1908996156). This is the obverse of the same example as I used to illustrate the hallmarks on the reverse in my post of 28 February, 2019 from higher-resolution images on a September 2017 auction listing by Stephen Album Rare Coins (and archived on a few other auction sites). The description from WorthPoint.com reiterates the data on the Stephen Album Rare Coins listing; the diameter of this medal as 42 mm and the weight as 37.47 g and states that the piece is "lightly gilt" (I'm unsure if the description means "tarnished", the silver hallmark of 900 indicates solid 90% silver). The discoloration of the obverse of this piece and the scratches to the eyebrow region of the portrait of King Farouk I are quite distinctive (as noted below it has been part of a Stephen Album Rare Coin auction as well as being sold in a past Spink auction [335 Lot 50] with the same description, including identification of the maker as "Bisha'i"). Reverse of the same silver commemorative medal archived on the WorthPoint.com website. This image shows well the "S.T.B" signature of Sadek Tewfik Bichay. This image provides the best resolution internet image of the Egyptian silver hallmarks identifying the Cairo assay office fineness of 90% (900) silver; the cat hallmark for Egyptian silver; and the date hallmark for 1948-1949. Although all the published sources I have encountered state that the cat hallmark identifying Egyptian-made silver was only used between 1916-1946 and then replaced by the lotus blossom hallmark in 1946, that is clearly not true. I have previously noted that the date on this commemorative medal challenges that temporal identification for the cat mark (usefully combining both the assay date hallmark of 1948-1949 and identifying the date of the event being commemorated), but I have not found an alternative date when the lotus blossom superseded the use of the couple of variants of the cat hallmark to denote Egyptian-made silver. Above is a cropped enlargement of the inferior of this same silver medal from a higher-resolution version of this image. This photo is not from the WorthPoint.com archive but from the Stephen Album Rare Coin auction of 14 September, 2017 (29) that is archived on the coin archives.com website (https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=3018794&AucID=3079&Lot=1776&Val=7022a8a05524ba0ccff62c071a37a509&Match=1#match1). This is the highest-resolution photo of the date hallmark for 1948-1949, showing it better than any other internet photo. I previously included this image in my post of 28 February, 2019 on this thread detailing hallmarks (it also shows the identical scratches and edge deformation as seen on the WorthPoint.com archived photo of the reverse) Moderate-resolution image of the reverse of another silver medal commemorating the closure of the Mixed Courts from an 11 March, 2013 eBay auction, archived on the WorthPoint.com website (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/egypt-king-farouk-1949-silver-medal-1900738725). No additional information about this medal is provided in the archived listing. The hallmarks are the same as on the above example. The "S.T.B." maker's mark also is present on bronze examples, but no bronze hallmarks to identify "fineness" were employed in the Egyptian assay system for bronze. The obverse of this same silver medal from the 11 March, 2013 eBay auction, archived on the WorthPoint.com website. This side is quite worn, and also exhibits deep and deliberate scratches marring the portrait of King Farouk I. Obverse of another example of a silver medal commemorating the closing of the Egyptian Mixed Coursts from a 10 April, 2017 eBay auction archived on the Worhtpoint.com website (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/egypt-1949-silver-medal-judiciary-1862716711). The listing identifies the diameter as 42 mm and the weight as ~36 g. The nicks on the portrait bust of King Farouk I of this medal are quite distinctive. Reverse of the same silver example from the 10 April, 2017 eBay auction archived on the Worthpoint.com website. Although not high resolution, the date hallmark also is readable on this example as 1948-1949. Low-resolution image of the reverse (L) and obverse (R) of another silver medal example of the commemoration of the termination of the Egyptian Mixed Courts from the medals database on the medals4trade.com website (http://www.medals4trade.com/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pid=5592#top_display_media). The description identifies the diameter as 42 mm and the weight as 39 g, and accurately identifies the context, date of the closing of the courts, and the maker (but only as "Bishay"). The obverse of an odd example of a bronze version of this same medal that seems to have been colored silver (to appear to be a more precious metal than its bronze raw material?). This comes from a current, and ongoing, eBay offering (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1959-Kingdom-of-Egypt-Medal-Badge-Order-King-Farouk-Unification-of-Court-System/302888581573). This particular example has been continuously offered for a couple years. In my opinion, this example is priced ~$US 150 too high in comparison to other recent auction offerings of this medal. This same medal (with its distinctive obverse discoloration in the upper right quadrant) also appears on several other auction websites, usually at even a higher price than this eBay listing. A 2018 Stephen Album Rare Coin listing (Auction 32, Lot1 1470) of this medal called it "silvered". The same seller also is offering (and has been unable to sell for the same amount of time as this medal) another example that is bronze and has either been covered with a gold-colored paint or a shellac (shown below). The listing identifies the diameter of the above medal as 42 mm, but does not identify the material. Reverse of this same eBay example of the medal commemorating the termination of the Mixed Courts. Although the color of both faces appears silver, note the lack of any Egyptian silver hallmarks on the inferior left position, as can be seen on the other genuine silver examples above. Obverse of another oddly-colored King Farouk I medal commemorating the closing of the Egyptian Mixed Courts from a current (and ongoing) eBay sale by the same seller as the above silver-colored example (https://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-Kingdom-of-Egypt-Medal-Badge-Order-King-Farouk-Unification-Court-Sys-628/303368944100). As noted, this appear to be coated with some kind paint (to make it appear gold? shellac?) but is made of bronze (no material, measurements, nor weight are included in the description). Reverse of the same bronze commemorative medal from the current long-running eBay offering with the very oddly-colored coating. This reverse side may show bubbles from this coating or some erosion of the surface. Again, there are no Egyptian silver hallmarks, indicating that the piece is bronze. Normal appearance of the obverse of a bronze version of the medal commemorating the closure of the Mixed Courts. From a May 2018 auction on eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/EGYPT-BRONZE-MEDAL-OF-KING-FAROUK-1949-MIXTE-EXTREMELY-RARE/222944960504?hash=item33e88e1ff8:g:afAAAOxyoA1RSx18). The auction description identified this piece as bronze, gave its diameter as 43 mm, and it weight as 27.32 g. This is the highest resolution image I have encountered of a bronze version this medal in best condition (even if it is partially unfocused). Another example offered contemporaneously by the same seller, with a few more scratches, also was identified as having the same dimension and weight (possibly a copied description rather than a separate measurement?). Note that the Stephen Album Rare Coin description for the last silver example shown above identified the measurements of a bronze example offered at the same time as the silver medal as having a diameter of 42 mm and a weight of 29-30 g). Reverse of the same bronze commemorative medal from the May 2018 eBay offering. The lack of hallmarks other than the "S.T.B." maker's signature is again apparent.

922F, The additional information & clarification is most useful. So this is a version the Protocole volume I have not been able to track down through interlibrary loans yet, most interesting. As an underpaid part-time professor, I do not have the $ to bid on this through eBay if someone else is interested. I don't know if the price will drop again if this listing is not bought, the seller is willing to consider offers.

I recently found the case for the Abbas Hilmi II medal commemorating the anniversary of his coronation and return from the haj (in 1909) that my wife's great-grandfather, Pierre Crabités obtained during his time as a judge on the Egyptian Mixed Courts in Cairo from 1911-1936. Although I was unable to open the frame and get any good pictures of the actual medal while visiting my wife's family, I have some information on the case to add here. Photograph of the framed Pierre Crabités memorabilia that includes: the visible obverse of the bronze Abbas Hilmi II medal Crabités obtained that commemorates the Khedive’s coronation anniversary and return from the haj, probably struck in January 1909 (lower left); his 2nd Class Grand Officer Class Order of Ismail neck badge and ribbon (upper left, unfortunately, the mounting places the Order of Ismail neck badge at the back portion of the ribbon with the ties); the Order of Ismail breast star (upper right); and a 1911 photograph of Crabités wearing the regalia of his role as judge on the Egyptian Mixed Courts’ District Court of Cairo where he served from 1911-1936, consisting of a maroon tarboosh, black stambouline coat, a red sash over his right shoulder running to the decorative bow on the left hip (the sash is barely visible in this image, but the decorative bow is not shown in this photo) and the beautiful gold & silver judicial badge of office is pinned to that sash (lower right). I had to take the photograph from an oblique angle as the non-museum-quality glass is highly reflective and I have had poor luck getting any good photographs of this ensemble in its mounting. Photo of the upper lid of the case for the Abbas Hilmi commemorative medal owned by Judge Pierre Crabités. The case dimensions are 121 mm long X 95 mm wide X 30 mm deep. This photo shows a textured blue paper label with a light green Arabic inscription pasted on the outer lid. It appears that 2 other areas of inscriptions (also in a light green color) may have been rubbed away (intentionally?) above the intact Arabic Inscription. This image shows the gold, twining floral ornamentation of the angled margins of the upper case lid (not present on any other part of the case). The case is covered in a marbled and textured paper, that was probably intended to imitate leather (the texturing is the stamped black crazing that is slightly lower than the green surface of the paper). There is some variation in how the coloration of the cover of the case appears in the photos below, the hue of green in the above photo is closest to how the coloration appears. The upper line of the paper label may be an English name of the company that sold the medal in Egypt (see the brief discussion of the few other images I have found of the case lid at the end of this post). There is no maker's labeling on the inside of the case lid (see the 7th photo in this post below). The push release button to open the case is visible at the lower margin of the photo. Close-up image of the intact Arabic inscription on the paper label of the upper case lid. I have previously seen one other very low-resolution image of a case for this medal that I believe exhibited a similar label. Unfortunately, that internet image does not appear any longer for comparison with the Crabités example. As noted at the end of this posting, the other images I was able to download of the labeling of a case associated with this commemorative medal shows a different darker green colored textured paper label that also is quite difficult to read. Close-up of the end of the case with the brass push-release button. The upper lid is oriented as the superior portion of the case in this photo (with the lone of gold floral ornamentation visible on parts of that beveled margin of the case). Photo of the left lateral side of the case, the push release button is not visible but is located on the right end of the case and the hinge is on the left end. The gold floral ornamentation is readily visible on the angled margin of the upper case lid, and can be seen not to be present on the angled margin of the lower portion of the case. Close-up of the brass hinge on the back end of the case, also showing the gilt floral ornamentation of the beveled upper margin of the case lid. Photo of the underside of the case, showing the same textured paper cover without any gilded ornamentation of the angled case margins. Photo of the interior of the case for the Abbas Hilmi II commemorative medal showing the red velvet medal bed and the cream or white silk (or satin?) cloth lining of the upper case lid (without any maker's name markings). This also shows the large brass catch mechanism of the push release. The medal bed is slight raised towards the back hinge end of the case. The princely crown ornamentation at the superior end of the medal fits between the cut-out in the round margins of the bed (as shown above in previous photos on this thread of 22 July, 2018 and 2 October, 2018). I have previously included a few illustrations of cases for other examples of this commemorative medal on this thread. My post of 22 July, 2018 shows high-resolution images of the obverse & reverse of an example this commemorative medal from an eBay offering resting in the red velvet medal bed in the first 2 photos. The 3rd & 4th photos in that 22 July post show the difficult to read inscription on a dark green textured paper label pasted onto the the outer lid of that example ("..... &[?] Company, Cairo Egypt", and an Arabic inscription underneath it). I previously noted that the Dix Noonan Webb offering, Lot 1338 from 6 December, 2012 (shown in my post of 16 January, 2019 on this thread) of a cased example of this Abbas Hilmi II commemorative medal is noted to have a "much faded inscription on lid", although no photo of that is provided. The first 2 photos the 22 July post show the same red velvet lining of the medal bed, and a small amount of the same textured green paper case covering. The 2nd two photos of the case lid in that 22 July post show well the the same textured green paper case covering of the case exterior as illustrated above for the Crabités example. Those final 2 photos in the 22 July post also show the identical gold floral ornamentation on the case margins as shown above on the Crabités case. An image of the obverse of another example resting in the medal bed is shown in the photo of my post of 2 October, 2018. That image shows well the same green paper coating of the case, an identical form of brass push release opening mechanism, the red velvet medal bed, and some of the cream/white silk lining of the upper case lid interior. I am still assembling the other contextual material about this commemorative medal that I threatened to include in the final sentence of my last post of 16 January, 2019.

Owain, Many thanks for providing the additional reference information on this publication and the very useful table of contents. The eBay listing identifies this edition as lacking any bilingual text and being only in Arabic. Happy New Year, Rusty

The following book illustrations of Kingdom of Egypt awards come from a current eBay listing for a 1946 book of Egyptian medals (https://www.ebay.com/itm/EGYPT-BOOK-1946-medals-and-military-ranks-ISSUE-150-PCS-ONLY-RARE/274630500280?hash=item3ff140dfb8:g:degAAOSwrKNf3ff1) by a seller who specializes in older photographs of Egypt. The price was halved this week from US$999 to $500. The listing identifies the book only as "EGYPT BOOK.1946 medals and military ranks - ISSUE 150 PCS ONLY ,.RARE", and in Arabic the seller's notes include: “الرتب المدنية والعسكرية والقاب حامليها - الاوسمة والانواط والقواعد الخاصة بها اصدار ديوان كبير الامناء 1946 تم اصدار 150 طبعة منه فقط" ("Civil and military ranks and titles of their holders - medals, medals and rules related to the issuance of the Office of the Chief Secretary 1946, of which only 150 copies were issued"), no complete referencer for this volume is provided. The eBay listing includes an image of the cover and 10 of the painted illustrations, including 2 that show the 1st Class & 2nd Class insignia of the Order of Ismail. Cover of the 1946 volume illustrating Egyptian medals. Illustration of the Collar of the Order of Muhammad Ali (Nishan al-Muhammad'Ali). Illustration of the sash badge and breast star of the Grand Cordon Class of the Order of Muhammad Ali. Illustrations of the Medals of the Order of Muhammad Ali (Nu'ut al-Muhammad'Ali), showing the medal in gold (R, showing the obverse) and in silver (L, showing the reverse) . Foldout illustration of the Collar of Fuad I (Qiladat Fu'ad al-Awal) . Illustration of the Grand Cordon Class of the Order of Ismail (Nishan al-Ismail) sash badge and breast star. Illustration of the 2nd Class Grand Officer neck badge and breast star of the Order of Ismail. Illustration of the Grand Cordon Order of the Nile (Nishan al-Nil) sash badge and breast star. Illustration of the 4th Class Officer breast badge of the Order of the Nile. Illustration of the 1st Class Commander Order of Agriculture (Nishan al-Zira'ah) neck badge. Illustrations of the 3 classes of the Medal of Benevolence: in gold for 35 years of service (upper R, showing the obverse); silver for 25 years of service (upper L, showing the reverse); & bronze for 15 year of service (lower, showing the obverse). Illustrations the 3 classes of the Medal for Meritorious Acts in gold (upper R, showing the obverse), silver (upper L, showing the reverse), and bronze (lower, showing the obverse).

Above is a moderate-resolution photo from a Spink archive (https://www.spink.com/lot/18002000236) of a 24 July, 2018 auction (18002, Lot 236), of a Sir Harry Smith Medal for Gallantry 1851 to John Keilberg. The Spink listing states that: "31 such medals are believed to have been awarded and, of the 22 known surviving examples, 11 are unnamed; this suggests that they were issued thus." Higher resolution versions of this same image can be viewed & zoomed on the salesroom website (https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/spink/catalogue-id-srspi10178/lot-65be9677-5c0a-4733-836e-a914011ee946), but are hard to download. Above is a high-resolution image of an unnamed award of a Sir Harry Smith Medal for Gallantry 1851 with ribbon suspension that is archived on the salesroom website (https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-us/auction-catalogues/baldwins/catalogue-id-srbal10030/lot-a5fa926f-6706-4a9b-960d-a5df00c0c0b7). That medal comes from a 3 May, 2016 auction (98) by Baldwin's, Lot 2029 (https://issuu.com/baldwinscoins/docs/baldwins_auction_98_-_3_may_2016_-_/21). The above image can be zoomed for greater detail. Above is a high-resolution image that can be zoomed for greater detail of a named award to Girt Roots, without suspension device or ribbon. This comes from a 19 July, 2017 auction of Dix Noonan Webb, Lot 862 (https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/lot-archive/lot.php?lot_uid=295314). The DNW listing also includes the footnote: "Provenance: Spink, 27 March 1992 (Lot 31) ‘A previously unrecorded Harry Smith Medal struck from Obverse Die Number 1 and Reverse Die Number 1.’" The same listing is archived on the salesroom website (https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/dixnoonanwebb/catalogue-id-dix-no10037/lot-516a6fbd-dc6d-42d5-8f0b-a7a200bbc33a).

Photograph of the framed Pierre Crabités memorabilia that includes: his 2nd Class Grand Officer Class Order of Ismail neck badge and ribbon (upper left); the Order of Ismail breast star (upper right); the obverse of the bronze Abbas Hilmi II medal commemorating the Khedive’s coronation anniversary and return from the haj, probably struck in January 1909 (lower left); and a 1911 photograph of Crabités wearing the regalia of his role as judge on the Egyptian Mixed Courts’ District Court of Cairo where he served from 1911-1936, consisting of a maroon tarboosh, black stambouline coat, a red sash over his right shoulder running to the decorative bow on the left hip (the sash is barely visible in this image, but the decorative bow is not shown in this photo) and the beautiful gold & silver judicial badge of office is pinned to that sash (lower right). Unfortunately, the mounting places the Order of Ismail neck badge at the back portion of the ribbon with the ties. I had to take the photograph from an oblique angle as the non-musuem-quality glass is highly reflective and I have had poor luck getting any good photographs of this ensemble in its mounting. While visiting a member of my wife’s family, I did find the presentation case for the 2nd Class Grand Officer Order of Ismail award to my wife’s great grandfather, Pierre Crabités. The outer lid of the case is shown in the photo above. The blue color is how it appears. To my quantifying, science-minded chagrin, the family member did not have a measuring tape, and the only measuring device I could find in the house was only marked in full inches, not even fractions of an inch. I was not carrying a measuring tape for this visit on the US holiday of Thanksgiving (the anniversary of when I joined GMIC in 2016 after being asked by the family to help identify the medals shown in the frame above, and when another family member showed me the Crabités gold & silver Rudolf Stobbe-made judicial badge in 2019), but will do so on my next visit. Although cases are not as interesting as the awards themselves, I wish to provide a series of photos I took of this case to complement posts I made in October of 2019 about Lattes case construction variations. All of these photos of the Crabités Order of Ismail case can be zoomed for greater detail. I am not yet able to open the frame and check the date hallmark on the neck badge and breast star, but the cipher of King Fuad I on the case lid does at least bracket when Crabités would have received this award. I have been uncertain whether it would have been prior to, or after his term on the District Courts of Cairo ended in June of 1936. One of the principal authors about the Egyptian Mixed Courts, the American jurist Jasper Yeates Brinton, a judge appointed to the Appeals Court in 1921, made the President of that Court in 1943 and served in that role until 1948, is one of the few writers who not only describes the Mixed Courts’ regalia, but also mentions practices relevant to judges and other Mixed Courts officials being awarded honors by the Egyptian government. His book The Mixed Courts of Egypt, 1930 Yale University Press, New Haven (revised edition published in 1931) states (on page 87 and in note 14 of the 1931 edition) states that there was a general proviso that judges not receive any honorary or material distinctions from the Egyptian Government during their tenure on the Mixed Courts. A formal proposal was made in 1927 to codify this practice and extend such restrictions to other officials on the Mixed Courts, especially in relation to the awarding of the title of "Bey" in recognition long service. At the time of the publication of Brinton's book, this proposal by the Egyptian government had not yet been voted on by the different foreign governments with legal representatives on the Courts, and while still being mooted when Brinton published his book, such a restriction was not supported by many members of the Courts. Brinton notes a customary practice of awarding the outgoing President of the Appeals Court the “highest available decoration” (meaning that if the rolls of recipients of the Order of Mohammed Ali are not yet filled -15 for the Grand Cordon-that would be the honor, otherwise the Grand Cordon of the Order of Ismail-limited to 30 recipients, and then the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile, limited to 30 recipients, would probably be offered if all other rolls were filled). I have included several images of a few Mixed Courts’ officers (not necessarily judges in the early 20th century) whose official portraits for the 1926 publication celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Mixed Courts (Les Juridictions Mixtes d'Égypte 1876-1926: Livre d'or Édité sous le Patronage du Conseil de l’Ordre des Avocats á l’Occasion du Cinquantenaire des Tribunaux de la Réforme, par le: Journal des Tribunaux Mixtes. Alexandrie, Egypte, Février 1926) shows them wearing both European and Egyptian medals with their court finery in my thread on the Mixed Court badges (see the 4th photo in my post of 29 April, 2019 of the Belgian Procureur Général Firman Von Den Bosch wearing the Order of the Nile and 2 Belgian awards; the 14th & 15th photos in my post of 6 September, 2019 showing the Greffier en Chef Adib Maakad Bey wearing the Order of the Nile and the 16th photo in that same post showing him in a 1929 portrait sporting the order of the Nile and 3 European awards; and the studio portrait of an unnamed judge or official of the Courts wearing the Order of the Nile in the 1st & 2nd photos of my post of 6 April, 2019, all in the thread I started on 17 November, 2017: “Egypt Khedivate Judge’s Badge question”, here in the Middle East & Arab States section). There are additional portraits of members of the Mixed Courts, including judges, wearing awards with their Court regalia in that 50th Anniversary Les Juridictions Mixtes d'Égypte 1876-1926 volume, principally from the late 19th century before the debated prohibition that Brinton mentions was mooted (see the 8th photo showing the Parquet in 1891 in my post of 29 April, 2019 in the “Egypt Khedivate Judge’s Badge question” thread). I include this long-winded background because I have expected that when I am able to see the reverse of the Crabités neck badge and breast star that the assay hallmark will date to after June 1936 when Crabités resigned from the court. The cipher of Fuad I on the case lid indicates that Crabités was honored with this award during his time sitting on the bench, prior to Fuad I’s death on 28 April, 1936. Crabités was quite friendly with the royal family and was allowed to make liberal use of King Fuad I’s library. As the Order of Ismial was awarded specifically “…to those who rendered eminent services to the nation”, as Owain Raw-Reese writes on page 20 of his 2006 article in Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America (JOMSA). Vol 57 (4):15-23, I have always suspected that his Order of Ismail may have been awarded for his written works lionizing Khedive Ismail (1927, "Ismail the Magnificent.” Nineteenth Century 102 (1927): 108-119; Crabités later expansion of this into a book post-dates his departure from Egypt: 1938, Ismail, The Maligned Khedive. London: Routledge, the only biography of Khedive Ismail) whose reputation was significantly tarnished by several European authors, a perspective that currently considered much more harsh than warranted, focusing on debts created under his realm and downplaying his attempts at reform in Egypt. I don’t know if I will ever learn why Crabités was awarded the Order of Ismail, whether it was for a specific act(s) or just his service on the Mixed Courts and friendship with King Fuad I. However, perhaps when I can examine the date hallmark identifying when in his career as jurist and author he was honored, it may suggest a reason for his recognition by King Fuad I. Image of the pull release catch hardware on the Crabités case for his 2nd Class Order of Ismail. I previously illustrated 2 examples of this decorated form of release catch on this thread; as the 3rd-to-last photo in my post of 19 October, 2019 showing the same form of catch on a cased 1st Class Grand Cordon set of the Order of Ismail, and as the 15th, 16th & 18th photos (most detailed in the 16th, photo) in my first of 2 posts on 21 October, 2019 showing the catch on a third Class Order of the Nile case from an eMedals auction. When zoomed, this image provides better detail of this pull release catch than those photos. This example (and the other 2 referenced above in previous photos on this thread) is the most elaborate form of the release catch I have seen on Lattes cases for the Order of Ismail or the Order of the Nile. Interior of the lid of the Crabités Order of Ismail case showing the J. Lattes label. Some details of the interior of the decorated pull release catch can be seen in the upper margin of this photograph. Photo of the medal bed of the Crabités case for his 2nd Class Order of Ismail. This medal bed shows the interior cutout at the inferior margin of the resting spot for the breast star (contiguous with the cutout for the central tunic pin) for easier removal of the star. Such cutouts are not present on all Lattes cases. Note the silk pull ribbon on the upper right margin of the folding cover for the neck ribbon to open the compartment (shown below). I illustrated two other examples of this configuration in several photos of my post of 19 October, 2019 on this thread: the 2nd-to-last photo of that post of showing Dr. Giovanni Quirico's 2nd Class Order of Ismail from a La Galerie Numismatique auction; and in the 4th-to-last, 6th-to-last, & 7th-to-last photos in the same 19 October post of a 2nd Class set of the Order of Ismail from a December 2017 eBay auction. Those previously posted photos also show the complete set of neck badge with ribbon and breast star of the Grand Officer insignia in place within their cases. Photo of the medal bed of the Crabités Grand Officer Order of Ismail case showing the hinged cover for the compartment where the folded neck ribbon is stored. The same previously referenced images for the preceding image of the medal bed, from my 19 October, 2019 post on this thread, show the neck ribbon tucked into this compartment, although the hinged cover is shown closed, not in the open position. Image of the interior of the Crabités Grand Officer Order of Ismail case with the medal bed removed showing some construction details of the case interior. I posted a comparable image of an empty Order of Ismail case from a past eMedals auction (only the case without the medal bed was offered in that auction) as the 4th photo in my 2nd post on 21 October, 2019 on this thread (although the class is unspecified in the eMedals auction description that empty case, the Arabic number on the exterior case lid indicates it was for a 1st Class Grand Cordon Class award). That photo posted on 21 October shows the grooved wooden block (that sits above the sliding mechanism seen in lower edge this photo above) removed to reveal the interior push catch mechanism below this wooden block (in addition to missing some of the fabric lining present on the rests for the medal bed in the above image of the Crabités case). Although the entire medal bed now lifts out easily, a small amount of yellowed glue is visible on the cloth of the narrow ledges of each lateral edge just to viewer's direction of where the lining of the interior stops, indicating that the bed previously was glued into place. This image also shows the thin, lightweight wood used for the case construction. The underside of the Crabités Grand Officer Order of Ismail case showing the different material covering the base of the case compared with the coated cloth “mock leather” of the sides and upper lid. The latch is oriented at the bottom of the above photo. I posted a similar photo as the 2nd image in my 2nd post on 21 October, 2019 on this thread showing the underside of an Order of Ismail case from the same eMedals auction of an empty case without its medal bed as discussed for the previous image of the Crabités case interior. Close up of the covering of the underside of the Crabités Order of Ismail case where the material has been loosened and has been stored folded over. This permits an opportuniyt to see both sides of this covering. This material appears to be a coated paper cover on the underside, not a coated cloth cover. The folded-down corner reveals the light wood base of the case’s interior construction.

Below are a few good illustrations of a 3rd Class Commander neck badge of the Order of Ismail made by Tewfik Bichay. This is a good example of the Bichay workmanship that is very comparable to that performed in the Lattes workshop. These photos come from a 4 December, 2020 auction listing (No. 43), Lot 193, on the La Gazette Drout website (https://www.gazette-drouot.com/lots/8238067). The offering included the neck ribbon and case. Although the recipient is named, no information is provided whether a brevet is associated with this award. The illustrations on the website can be zoomed for greater detail than the images I was able to download. However, the images below can be enlarged for additionally detailed views of this piece (except the cropped photo of the silver foil Tewfik Bichay interior case label). Moderate-resolution image of this Tewfik Bichay-made Commander neck badge. the auction listing correctly identifies this neck badge as a 3rd Class regalia made of 18 k gold. It provides an approximate weight of ~50 g, but no dimensions are given. The description identifies the recipient as Monsieur René Ossola, the General Manager of the Cairo Electric Railways Heliopolois Oases Co (a property development company founded in February, 1906). The listing includes a date of 1946 that may either the award date or the assay date for this badge. No images are provided showing the reverse of this neck badge. A photo of the exterior cover of the case has the cipher of King Farouk I. Cropped close-up of the image of the obverse of this Tewfik Bichay neck badge detailing workmanship and design of this Bichay example of the Order of Ismail. This image can be zoomed for comparison of the design and execution of this insignia with other J. Lattes, Tewfik Bichay neck & sash badges, and the one Fahmy Tewfik Bichay neck badge shown in this thread. The engraving on the gold floral designs of the blue enamel arms is identical in design layout to those of many J. Lattes examples, and well-executed. The most distal flower exhibits 3 lateral engraving marks on each half of that blossom and a single distal mark ornamenting the central petal. The 2 central flowers have three lateral engraving marks and a single mark oriented just proximal of the separation between the most medial petal and the central petal of each of these blossoms. A single mark is present at the proximal joint of these 2 central flowers that is a bit unlike some Lattes examples using a single dot or punch, this is a "comma"-shaped that is quite delicate & elegant on the left lateral arm (~9:30 position), the right lateral arm (~2:30 position), and probably on the lower left arm (~7:00 position). This mark on this origin point of the 2 central flowers of the other 2 arms (superior 12:00 position & the lower right ~5:00 position) appears to be single punches, and may be slightly off-center on the lower right arm. The single engraved line in the most proximal "bud" component of the 2 most proximal leaf elements is thinner than on many Lattes examples. The curling engraved lines in the leaf elements of the gold ornamenting the blue enamel arms exhibit a grace & moving flow as sen on the best engraving of pieces made by the Lattes workshop. The wreath element surrounding the central inscribed medallion boss shows a different number and arrangement of gold laurel-fruit dots in each panel of the great compared to Lattes examples. The distribution and number of these fruit dots is identical to those shown in the high-resolution image of a Tewfik Bichay 1st Class sash badge from a fall 2014 Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG auction (that has the wreath slightly rotated out of correct orientation to the left) shown in the 3rd-to-last photo of my post of 28 March, 2020 discussing design variation in the Commander neck badges of this Order. The wreath configuration also is apparently identical to the lower resolution photo (5th-to-last) in my 28 March post from Hassan Kamal-Kelisi Morali’s flickr photostream that I believe is an example of a Tewfik Bichay piece. The wreath also is identical to that on the odd neck badge shown as the 4th illustration of my 28 March post and again discussed in my post of 13 August, 2020 that Owain alerted me to on a Spink Auction (Auction 20002, Lot 985) and shown in detail as the 3rd photo in that post, which exhibits a "LATTES" maker's mark on the reverse of the central medallion boss, but appears to have been refit with a Bichay central medallion's wreath (and possibly the central inscribed boss portion of the medallion). The green enamel of the wreath on this example appears quite thick, but the molded laurel leaves seen through the enamel do not appear 3-dimensional as is commonly seen on the Lattes examples, but also on the Tewfik Bichay examples referenced above. The smooth surface of the wreath may just be due to thicker enamel on this piece and not any design difference in the Bichay execution. As noted, the Fritz Rudolf Künker sash badge & breast star, the Hassan Kamal-Kelisi Morali neck badge, and the wreath from what I think is a bit of a chimera reconstruction combining a Bichay medallion (or at least the wreath element) with a Lattes-made components do show the uneven surface of the leaves in the enamel, as on all J. Lattes insignia. The above illustration when zoomed (or enlarged even more on the La Gazette Drout auction listing's illustrations) also shows well the differences seen in the design of the Tewfik Bichay gold & red enable bands around the wreath compared to their execution on Lattes-made pieces. The illustration above clearly appears to show thinner & slightly more irregular gold margins, a thinner channel of red enamel, and this example shows well that several bands are not completely filled with enamel, all in contrast with the execution of these bands under the Lattes workshop name. Image of the same 3rd Class neck badge resting in the medal bed of its case. This photo nicely shows the 2 ties for the ties at the back of the neck ribbon. A silver foil label with the name of Tewfik Bichay is present on the interior of the lid. I have not seen this form of the Tewfik Bichay label in illustrations of other examples of the Order of Ismail or the Order of the Nile (many more auction listings are available to see cases and labels of Tewfik Bichay for the more commonly awarded Order of the Nile than for the Order of Ismail). Cropped slight enlargement of the Tewfik Bichay silver foil label in the case for this 3rd Class Commander neck badge. Good resolution photo of the outer case lid of this Order of Ismail neck badge showing the cipher of King Farouk I. Although the case is a bit disheveled, it does show well the threads of the coated cloth cover of the case. Compared with other better-quality illustrations I have found of J. Lattes cases (for both the Order of Ismail and the more common cases for the Oder of the Nile), this coating does not effectively create a mock leather look as well as many of the Lattes cases (however, see the case that Owain illustrated as the 1st photo for a Fahmy Tewfik Bichay-made 3rd Class neck badge in his post of 5 April, 2018 on this thread). Above is the biography of Monsieur René Ossola, from pg 207 of Le Mondain Egyptian: The Egyptian Who’s Who. 1943. L’Annuaire de l’Elite d’ Egypte. Part II. F. E. Noury et Fils, Le Caire. It notes that he is a recipient of the 4th Class Officer Order of Leopold, Officer's Cross, Military Division. This is prior to his award of the 3rd Class Order of Ismail, or it would be listed in this biographical sketch. The same bio also appears in the 1939 (pg. 304) and 1941 (pg. 228) editions of Le Mondain Egyptien. I was quite interested to see these good illustrations of this Tewfik Bichay-made Commander neck badge in relation to points brought up by Owain in his his interview notes with Fahmy Tewfik Bichay on his post of 19 August, 2020 on this thread. Pursuant to conversations with Owain and 922F, it would be interesting to compare the date hallmarks on the latest J. Lattes made-Egyptian awards with the earliest assay date hallmarks for Bichay-made pieces to see when Tewfik Bichay took over running the workshop and began placing his name on these awards. Owain has suggested such a task would involve comparisons across a range of Egyptian awards from the 1930s-early 1940s, as no single award may be represented adequately through my research reliant on using auction listings. That also would allow a better sample view of the total repertoire change from Lattes marked awards to Bichay pieces, sometime in the 1930s. Supposedly, the Tewfik Bichay marked 1st Class sash badge & breast star from the fall 2014 Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG auction (discussed above and the sash badge was illustrated as the 3rd-to-last photo in my post of 28 March, 2020 and discussion of the breast star shown as the 8th photo in my post of 31 January, 2020 detailing design variation in breast stars) carries an assay hallmark of 1929-1930 ("D"). The auction description only states that the date hallmark is a "D" and the accompanying photo of the hallmark is unclear to me (as noted in my discussion in those posts). This seems an unlikely early date for Bichay-marked pieces, several well-illustrated Lattes-made Order of Ismail insignia show "F" assay date hallmarks from 1931-1932. I illustrated a 4th Class Knight breast badge from a past Spink Auction (Auction 19001, Lot 1179) as the 4th image in my post of 8 July, 2020 discussing design variation of the Knights' badge design that states (no photos of the revers are provided in the listing) it has a Lattes mark on the reverse and a date hallmark of "K" (1935-1936) that would be the latest date hallmark I have encountered on a Lattes-made Order of Ismail. Perhaps, if I have any initial success I may be able to start a new thread focused on this chronological question and solicit contributions from collectors in the GMIC community. So many aspect of the life of J. Lattes are obscure that even such a simple question as when Tewfik Bichay took over the manufacture of Egyptian insignia from Maison Lattes would be of some interest.

An historically interesting story was reported today about a medal sale that has resulted in the recognition of the first mixed-race individual commissioned as an officer in the British Army in WWI and the first black British Army officer killed during that war, Second Lieutenant Euan Lucie-Smith of Jamaica. The commemorative plaque of his death was recently purchased by the The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Warwickshire) from a November, 2020 auction by Dix Noonan Webb (https://www.dnw.co.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/article.php?article_id=446). The commemorative plaque sparked research (much of it by the collector to offered it for auction) about Lt. Euan Lucie-Smith of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Warwickshire), confirming him as the first black British Army casualty of WWI. The plaque was put up for auction by a British collector, James Carver, who specializes in medals relating to West African soldiers of the Victorian and Edwardian era. Mr. Carver felt that the plaque's historical value would be augmented through the publicity of its sale, and its eventual purchase by the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum is a very fitting home for this historical piece. A BBC news story today (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-54964074), a 23 October, 2020 story in the metro.news website about the Dix Noonan Webb offering (https://www.metro.news/plaque-to-first-black-officer-in-british-army-rewrites-history/2192968/), among other news sources (i.e., a 17 November, 2020 story on the Military & History website: https://www.militaria-history.co.uk/news/record-price-for-wwi-plaque/), provide additional details on this valuable phaleristics story. image of the commemorative plaque (L) and a photo of 2nd Lieutenant Euan Lucie-Smith from the world.press website (https://www.metro.news/plaque-to-first-black-officer-in-british-army-rewrites-history/2192968/).

To return to information about the real Order of Ismail, I am including a photo below of an individual wearing the neck badge and breast star of the Order of Ismail, probably the 2nd Class Grand Officer. The individual is not named in the captions I have been able to find for this image that shows the Prime Minister Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha during part of the Mahmal ceremony in Cairo. This photo shows Prime Minister Mahmoud Pasha El-Nokrashy being handed the reigns of the camel that is carrying the Mahmal as part of the Holy Carpet ceremony before the Mahmal makes its journey from Cairo with pilgrims to Mecca. This photo comes from Ash Baraka's Twitter site (https://twitter.com/Ash_Baraka/status/1261051446365171718/photo/1) and the same image also is available on Getty Images. Both sources provide the same information. The unidentified man on the viewer's far right is wearing the breast star of the Order of Ismail and it appear that he also is wearing the neck badge of this order as well. The reflection on the neck badge does not make it clear that it is the Order of Ismail, but that is almost certainly the Ismail neck badge as the Order of Ismail breast star is the only decoration he is wearing other than his ribbon bar. This photo is probably from 20 January, 1947. Getty images identifies the photo source as Keystone/Hulton Archive. A film of this event also is available online that shows the same man on the far right with the Order of Ismail regalia, Prime Minister Mahmoud Pasha El-Nokrashy (including this scene of him receiving the camel's begins), and parade events associated with the Holy Carpet ceremony. That film can be seen through the British Pathé newsreel on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYg783dyoFE). The man wearing the Order of Ismail in the above photo is shown from 55 seconds in to 1 min and 1 sec into the film, and from 1 min 36 sec to 1 min 38 seconds into the 2 min 7 second news clip. Another man in military uniform appears to be wearing a 4th Class Knight breast badge of the Order of Ismail from 8-11 seconds into the film, riding in a carriage and seated next to Prime Minister Mahmoud Pasha El-Nokrashy. He also appears in the following shot from 11-16 seconds into the film standing to the viewer's right of Mahmoud Pasha El-Nokrashy and saluting. This news reel film is titled "Holy Carpet Leaves for Mecca (1946)" the date is probably incorrect and January 1947 is the more likely date of this event. British Pathé on YouTube also has a 2 minute 26 second film of King Adulaziz Ibn Saud of Arabia visiting Egypt on January 11, 1946 (titled "King Ibn Saud in Egypt [1946]") that shows King Farouk I and Ahmed Hassanenin Pasha wearing the Order of Ismail (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW9yXtU-B9s). I included a still photo of this event showing King Farouk I and Ahmed Hassanein each wearing the Grand Cordon breast star of the Order of Ismail as the 6th photo in the post of 24 March, 2019 on this thread. The British Pathé/YouTube news reel shows both King Farouk I and Ahmed Hassanein with clear images of the Order of Ismai, and several other of their awards, multiple times in parade with the Saudi King and at later events. This film also is interesting in relation to this thread as I believe it shows Abdullah al-Nagoumi Pasha walking with the parading group. I illustrated Abdullah al-Nagoumi Pasha wearing the neck badge of the 3rd Class Commander Order of Ismail as the 1st photo in my post of 29 August, 2019 (and in the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th photos of that post as well, without the Order of Ismail decoration). In the film, al-Nagoumi Pasha is wearing the neck badge of the Order of the Nile, but not the Order of Ismail while visible from 1 minute 4 second to 1 minute 9 seconds into the film on the left side of the frame walking just ahead of King Adulaziz Ibn Saud and King Farouk I. Another person shown parading in a Royal Guard uniform (on the viewer's right side of the frame) in this film clip is wearing the 4th Class breast badge of the Order Ismail between 1 min 23 seconds and 1 minute 28 seconds. I believe that individual probably is Osman El Mahdi Pasha, who is pictured wearing the 4th Class Knight Order of Ismail breast badge in a previous illustration of him as the 3rd man from the left seated on a couch in the 4th photo of my post of 29 August, 2019. A cropped and slightly enlarged version of that image of Osman El Mahdi Pasha is shown in my post of 4 September, 2019 on this thread. Another photo that I think may show a portrait of Osman El Mahdi as a younger man, also wearing the 4th class breast badge of the Order of Ismail, is the 5th image in my post of 29 August, 2019.

A second eBay seller from the Russian Federation also is offering a modern copy of the Egyptian Order of Ismail, this seller is identified as running the MedalsShop (https://www.ebay.com/str/RusMedals?_trksid=p2047675.l2563). This appears to be the same workmanship as the example I illustrated yesterday, which is a good-quality copy of the design elements of authentic regalia of this award. This listing also identifies this as a copy and describes the materials as a "molding color alloy" of nickel, tin, brass, & zinc and calls the colored portions "enamel". The dimensions are given as 8 xm X 8 cm and has a weight of 53 g. "Cold enamel" (as described for the AwardsEmpire copy) is a pigmented epoxy resin that is painted on, it does not require curing with high temperatures, and adheres to a range of materials . This additional eBay offering of this copy provides a few slightly higher-resolution images that I am including below. Obverse of the MedalsShop copy of the Order of Ismail that is the same workmanship and design as the AwardsEmpire offering I posted here yesterday. Reverse of the same MedalsShop copy of an Egyptian Order of Ismail on the eBay website. The MedalsShop copy of an Order of Ismail "neck badge" in its case showing the same incorrect ribbon color scheme and form as offered in the AwardsEmpire eBay listing.

A current eBay listing is offering a copy of the Egyptian Order of Ismail from a seller based in the Ukraine (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Kingdom-of-Egypt-imperial-award-Order-of-Nishan-Al-Ismail-1915-y-type-copy-/114479374343). The eBay description does clearly identify this as a copy, as are other offerings from this business, AwardsEmpire. The description states that the materials are alloy plating and cold enamel (painting?). Although a copy, the detail is fairly accurate, if much less beautiful than the real thing. Obverse of this eBay seller's copy of a neck badge of the Order of Ismail, associated with an incorrect color scheme and form of ribbon. While a quite faithful copy of the design elements, the workmanship is clearly that of a cast copy. Reverse of this same copy of an Order of Ismail offered by AwardsEmpire from the current eBay listing.

Above is another photograph from a current eBay auction of a member of the Egyptian Upper House of Parliament, the Chamber of Senators. This low-resolution portrait is from the same eBay seller who offered the other images of members of the Egyptian Parliament that I have posted previously (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Egyptian-vintage-photographer-Judge-with-the-judicial-scarf/274549368559?hash=item3fec6ae6ef:g:Aa4AAOSwvddflthA) on my 24 July, 2020 in this thread. The eBay listing states that this is an original print and the size is 14 X 9 cm. No studio name is visible on the photo and none is included in the auction description. As with several of those images, the eBay listing mistakenly identifies the individual as a judge, but it does state that the source is an unspecified Egyptian photographer. The sash with the crescent & 3 stars is visible, although any border difference from the main body of the sash is not apparent in this photo. The oval shape of the lapel badge is the same for both houses of the Egyptian Parliament, but the six multi-rayed embellishment can be seen on this badge and identifies this individual as a member of the Chamber of Senators. He wears white tie and a long western-style coat as do 2 of the other portraits of members of the Chamber of Deputies that I included as the 3rd and 4th-to-last photos in my post here of 24 July. Although the discussion here presents the 2 insignia as a neck badge and lapel badge, as do some auction listings (for example, a current offering in a Dixons Medals listing of a badge of the Chamber of Senators, SKU 1036054 - https://www.dixonsmedals.com/product/single-medals/order-of-the-nile-egypt-breast-badge-65mm-including-crown-suspension-x-41mm-chamber-of-senators-neck-badge-by-lattes-of-cario-63mm-silver-enamel-hallmarks-for-1927-28-severe-loss-of-green-enamel-wit/- that is strung on an incorrect ribbon and offered with a very anomalous Order of the Nile miniature medal), I have only seen images of a sash badge and lapel badge and none of anyone wearing a neck badge as the regalia for either the Lower House of Parliament Chamber of Deputies or the Upper House of Parliament Chamber of Senators. See the mixed group of insignia from the past eMedals offering in the 5th image of my post of 24 July, 2020 (below 4 illustrations from the Orient Treasures website of a Chamber of Deputies badge strung on a short section of ribbon and identified a "neck badge") showing the sash badge attached to the decorative bow. The only photo I have seen showing the sash badge being worn is shown above as the 3rd-to-last portrait photo in that same post of 24 July. Even the Parliament member wearing traditional garments shown in the last photo of that post is not wearing a neck badge as part of the insignia of his office.

I recently came across a very odd duck of a miniature of the Order of the Nile. This example is from a current offering of Dixons Medals, SKU 1036054 (https://www.dixonsmedals.com/product/single-medals/order-of-the-nile-egypt-breast-badge-65mm-including-crown-suspension-x-41mm-chamber-of-senators-neck-badge-by-lattes-of-cario-63mm-silver-enamel-hallmarks-for-1927-28-severe-loss-of-green-enamel-wit/). This lot includes an Egyptian Parliamentary Chamber of Senators neck badge that has damage to several areas of the green enamel and is suspended from an incorrect ribbon. The Order of the Nile miniature is identified as measuring 65 mm high (including the crown suspension) X 45 mm wide. There is no maker’s mark nor any hallmarks on the reverse. Obverse of the Dixons Medals miniature Egyptian Order of the Nile. The most obvious difference in this miniature is the lack of the 5-armed white enameled star. This piece also appears to be inverted, note that the inscription on the central medallion is upside down. The “squared” and less-curving calligraphy of the inscription is similar to that on a few minis shown on this thread; for example, in the 6th photo of my post of 12 February, 2018 of a cased set of a 4th Class Officer breast badge and miniature (sans ribbon) from the Medal-Medaille auction website. It also may be similar to that on the miniature on the left in the photo of the Order of the Nile minis in my post of 22 July, 2018 from a Spink auction archived on the Saleroom.com website. The calligraphy of the inscription also resembles that on the Order of the Nile mini shown 2nd from left in my post of 23 March, 2020. Several other minis included in this thread with the single central inscription show more curved calligraphic forms than this example. However, the more angular calligraphy is common on inscriptions of many (most?) full-sized Order of the Nile regalia. The anomalies of the crown suspension device (see the paragraph below the 2nd photo below) suggest it has been re-fit with a non-original crown and when that was done the badge was inadvertently inverted. While most examples of Order of the Nile miniatures have faceting on all or most rays, this example only has faceting on the 10 main rays of the embellishment. Two other examples that also show faceting only on the 10 main rays of the embellishment include the example I illustrated in my post of April 2, 2018 from an auction listing of La Galerie Numismatique archived on the Sixbid.com website; and the one Owain illustrated in a group of 4 Belgian miniatures (upper image, 3rd from left) on 5 March, 2019. Reverse of the same miniature Order of the Nile showing the oddly hollowed reverse of the crown suspension device and the unusual attachment of the body of the medal to that suspension device. Although the obverse of the crown suspension device appears to mostly adhere to the normal princely crown form (although e leaves are a bit usual as are the lateral margins of the 5 hoops), there are several anomalies in this portion of this mini. The ball at the superior portion of the crown supporting the crescent & star seems oddly large and the band of raised spheres is not an element normally seen on crowns of these (and other) kingdom-era medals. Most obviously on the obverse, the finish & detail of the crown seems incongruous different compared with the workmanship on the body of the medal. All other examples of Order of the Nile miniatures I have seen, and that are illustrated in reverse on this thread, show a solid struck crown suspension device. The above photo showing the hollow reverse of the crown, and the more extensive cut-out openings around the upper "headband" portion of the crown around the leaf designs and between the hoops. While several Order of the Nile minis do have some cut-outs around the crowns' hoops, they are much smaller than seen on this piece. It also notably lacks the normal form of link attachment between the body of the medal and the crown suspension device (also seen on all other minis of this order shown on this thread). The above photo shows the soldered attachment with a ring that attaches to the back of the crown, instead of the normal link. These several anomalies of the crown suggest to me that it is a more recent “repair”, and apparently this was done inexpertly so that the badge is now suspended upside down.

I have found another variant design in an example of the Mixed Courts badge illustrated in the online catalogue for the British Museum's Department of Coins and Medals. Above is a high-resolution image of the Egyptian Mixed Court badge in the British Museum's collection of its Department of Coins and Medals (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2009-4007-754). The Registration number is 2009,4007.754. Its Asset Number, for non-commercial research use, is 748897001. This image (and the 2 cropped photos below) is copyrighted by The Trustees of the British Museum. The above photo of the obverse and reverse can be zoomed for additional details. There is no maker's mark on the reverse and no hallmarks are visible on the reverse or the tunic pin to determine if this is Egyptian or foreign manufacturer. High-resolution image of the obverse of the British Museum Mixed Court badge (Registration number is 2009,4007.754). The catalog information identifies this as allegedly the workmanship of "Jacques Charles Francois Marie Froment- Meurice", a name that appears to be an odd chimeral creation jumbled from François Froment (Pierre Henri Émile Foment-Meurice's paternal grandfather) and Pierre-Jaques Meurice (François Froment's business partner and later the husband of Émile Froment-Meurice's paternal grandmother following François Froment's death in 1804). The workmanship of this badge is clearly not that of Maison Froment-Meurice of Paris. It also does not match that of Rudolf Stobbe of Alexandria, Wolf Hotovitz of Alexandria, Zivy Frère & Cie of Alexandria, nor of the possible maker (or agent of Leon Kramer of Cario) M. Laurencine & Cie of Alexandria. There is a significant lack of detail readily apparent in the leaves of each of the oak and laurel branches, the crescent and star below the 2 crossed branches underneath the central inscribed tablet, the order of Medjidie and its surrounding wreath, and the tassels and cords at the corners of the mantle. Other lower-detail components of the design are a bit less apparent but can be seen in comparison with other badges illustrated on this thread. There are quality differences in the headband of the crown, the superior crescent on the crown, the border design of the mantle above the fringe, and the star & rays surrounding it above the central tablet. The fur design of the interior of the mantle is even less detailed, and the ermine tails on the inside of the mantle also are less detailed in their execution than on any other badges. Even the least-detailed workmanship apparent in the Zivy Frère & Cie example (that I have previously illustrated in the 1st & 2nd photos in my post of 24 April, 2019 and as the 12th photo in my post of 6 July, 2020 on this thread) is more well-crafted than most of the design elements on this example (except for the missing crescent & star element below the tied oak & laurel branches and the lack of a cipher on the Order of Medjidie symbol on the Zivy Frère badge). The overall flatness of the piece (especially notable in the less 3-dimensional aspect of the folds of the mantle on each side) is quite different than all of the other badges I have seen by other makers. There also are several significant inconsistent aspects of the calligraphy that are unlike any other example of these badges I have seen. There are some differences among a few other examples of these badges that I have noted previously on this thread, but the British Museum example's is the most different (some calligraphic ommissions and additions) from any clearly genuine badge I have researched. I don't necessarily suspect this is not a "genuine" badge, but the workmanship is far less skilled than that of any other badges, except the odd Horowitz pin I illustrated as the 1st photo in my post of 2 December, 2018 and the odd unmarked mock-badge I included as the 4th photo in my post of 14 August, 2019 on this thread. The British Museum catalogue identifies the dimensions of this piece as 114 mm high x 87 mm in width. The material is silver with some gold (identified on the crown and the "draped arms"-probably meaning the tughs), suggesting this could be a badge of one of the District Court judges. The catalog information includes the acquisition date of 2009, the name of the previous owner (the late Robert Hogarth), and the name of the British dealer/auction house for this piece (Simmons & Simmons). Cropped close-up view of the central inscription on the tablet of the British Museum example for comparison with the calligraphy from a a Froment-Meurice badge shown in the next photo below. For comparison with the anomalous calligraphy on the above unmarked badge from the British Museum, I am including this cropped image of the inscription on the central tablet from an example made by Froment-Meurice. This is the tablet inscription on the gold & silver District Court badge attributed to the Belgian jurist Joseph Timmermans, from a 2014 auction by Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., archived on the acsearch.info website (https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3990624). I previously illustrated this badge as the 1st photo in my first post of 31 October, 2018, as the 5th-to-last photo in my post of 18 April, 2019, and as the 3rd photo in my post of 6 July, 2020.

I'm sure several folks are aware of this recent theft and the note about a spate of thefts in museums in the Netherlands and other areas. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nazi-uniforms-stolen-danish-museum-1920801?utm_content=from_&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US News Morning 11%2F5%2F20&utm_term=US Daily Newsletter [MORNING]

I have only found one good photograph of someone wearing the ribbon of the Order of Ismail. Below is a black & white photograph of King Farouk I taken by the well-known Life Magazine photographer Margaret Bourke-White in approximately 1940, and this is the best image I have seen on the internet of the Order of Ismail ribbon. In this photograph, King Farouk wears 2 ribbon bar with a total of 5 ribbons that can readily be identified. There are several other photographs of King Farouk wearing these same 5 ribbons, but this is the only image I have come across that shows the ribbons quite well. There also are many photographs of him wearing many more ribbons, but again those are from a further distance and do not provide any useful detail of the ribbons. This version of Margaret Bourke-White’s portrait of King Farouk I is the best resolution version I have found on the internet. It comes from Tulip Noire’s flickr site (https://www.flickr.com/photos/8637723@N05/3528022536) and has his watermarks in the lower left, and on the King’s right shoulder board in addition to the “LIFE” watermark on the lower right. Tulip Noire identifies the date of this portrait as July 1940. Several versions of a slightly lower resolution print with a few folds and tears to the images also are common online. I find this a dreadful portrait of the young King, looking even more sleepy-eyed than many of his portraits and his moustaches are quite wispy. I think I can identify all 5 ribbons in the b&w image, using Owain Raw-Rees’s JOMSA articles “King Farouk and his Awards (2006, JOMSA, Vol 57, No. 4, pp: 15-23) and King Farouk’s and his Miniature Medals (pp: 1-8). The top row is (L-R) the Order of Mohammed Ali (green with white inset border stripes), the Order of Ismail (dark blue with inset red border stripes), & the Order of the Nile (pale blue with gold inset border stripes). I think the 2nd row is (L-R): the Order of the Military Star of King Fuad I (central stripe of black bordered by yellow stripes of the same width, bordered by pale blue stripes also of the same width, and narrow yellow margin stripes); and the single colored ribbon is almost certainly the Medal for Meritorious Acts (violet). Although King Farouk I also was awarded the Medal for Devotion to Duty that has a single color ribbon (medium blue), the identification of this as the Medal for Meritorious Acts comes from Owain's research in his 2006 JOMSA article. Owain Raw-Rees has illustrated specially-made versions of these 5 medals sized for wear by King Farouk I on his undress uniform (see the 1st illustration in the Raw-Rees 2006 article for images of these medals from Abdine Palace, descriptions of the awards, and additional information about the King's awards; and the 2nd photo in the Raw-Rees 2018 OMRS publication cited below) in addition to a a photo of King Farouk I wearing this special grouping (Raw-Rees 2006, 2nd photo, and the same image is the 3rd photo in the Raw-Reese 2018 OMRS publication cited below). Owain published an article on King Farouk’s miniature medals in the OMRS publication Miniature Medals World (Owain Raw-Rees, 2018, Egypt-King Farouk and his Dress Miniatures, Miniature Medals World, No 130. March), added to the Abdine Palace display at a later date, showing the same grouping. Owain also has generously allowed me to post those photos here below as the 14th-16th photos of this post. Owain includes 2 photographs of King Farouk I wearing that miniature set of 5 medals in the 2018 OMRS publication (5th photo) while seated next to his cousin Price Abbas Halim (c. 1939) and a portrait with Queen Farida at his 22nd birthday celebration on 11 February, 1944 (6th photo). Owain also includes images of another set of 6 miniatures in the Abdine Palace display that includes the addition of 1948 Palestine War medal (7th photo in his 2018 OMRS publication) and another interesting image of King Farouk I (with goatee) in exile wearing white tie and tails and a chain of unidentified miniatures in addition to a sash and 3 breast stars (8th photo of the 2018 OMRS publication). I have found a few complementary photos of King Farouk wearing his miniatures (the 2nd-7th photos below) and the chain of miniatures (the 8th-13th photos below) that I am including below for comparison with those that Owain already had published in the 2 cited articles. Owain's image of King Farouk I wearing his miniature medals while standing next to Queen Farida at his 22nd birthday celebration on 11 February, 1944 (6th photo in his 2018 article on the King's miniatures) is a cropped version that comes from the above group portrait in Abdine Palace. This version of that portrait comes from Wikimedia and is the best version of this image I have found online (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ModernEgypt,_Farouk_%26_Farida_Marriage,_DHP13655-20-2_01.jpg). This photo can be zoomed, but it does not show the medals in any detail. The Wikimedia commons description of this photo identifies this as from the King's 22nd birthday celebration in Abdine Palace and the photo was published on 11 May in 830th issue of the weekly magazine Rose al-Yūsuf. The people depicted in the photograph are (from left to right): Queen Farida, Farouk's wife; King Farouk I; Princess Nimet Mouhtar, Farouk's paternal aunt; Princess Faiza, Farouk's sister; Princess Faika, Farouk's sister; and Princess Fathia, Farouk's sister. The best cropped version of the above photo with slightly better resolution of King Farouk I’s miniature medals than shown in the 6th photo of Owain's 2018 article on the King's miniature medals. This is a cropped version derived from the same image above that is on askamel’s flickr photostream (https://www.flickr.com/photos/askamel/1417345069/). This photo can be zoomed for only a bit more detail. Above the medal bar of miniatures is an Egyptian Royal Air Force insignia (seen in better detail in the portrait of the King shown in the last illustration of this post). Another group portrait from the same 22nd birthday event also showing King Farouk I wearing his miniature medals. This photo can be zoomed for a bit more detail, but again it does not show the medals with any clarity. From Wikipedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ModernEgypt,_Farouk_%26_Farida_Marriage,_DHP13655-20-2_01.jpg) that incorrectly identifies the event as the wedding of King Farouk I and Queen Farida. From left-right: Queen Nazli; Queen Farida; King Farouk I; Princess Nimet-Alah (Mouthar), and Princess Faiza. Low-resolution image of King Farouk I with Reza Pahlavi (far right), the then Crown Prince (later Shah) of Iran (probably in 1939) showing King Farouk I wearing the same set of 5 miniatures identified by Owain, from the flickr photostram of Zainab Mohamed (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96884693@N00/810559476/in/set-72157610800968278/). Another photo of King Farouk I wearing these same 5 minis with Shahpour Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during other events celebrating the Royal Wedding celebration of Reza Pahlavi's wedding to Farouk I's sister, Princess Fawzia in 1939. From the Fickr photostram of askamel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/askamel/1909849303). Another group portrait taken during the celebrations of Princess Fawzia's wedding to Reza Pahlavi in 1939 showing King Farouk I wearing this same set of 5 miniatures that Owain has identified. This is the best version I have found of this portrait online, from Wikimedia (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ModernEgypt,_Wedding_of_Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi_%26_Fawzia,_DHP13655-20-5_01.jpg). The Wikimedia caption for this images states that: "The Bibliotheca Alexandrina's caption erronesouly states that this is a commemorative photograph of the wedding of King Farouk I and Queen Farida of Egypt. In fact, it is a commemorative photograph of the wedding of Farouk's sister Princess Fawzia and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then crown prince (later shah) of Iran. The persons sitting in the front row who can be identified with certainty are (from left to right": Sultana Malek (1869-1956), widow of Hussein Kamel, the bride's paternal uncle; Queen Farida (1921-1988), wife of King Farouk I; King Farouk I (1920-1965); the bride's brother wearing black tie and a tarboosh; Queen Nazli (1894-1978), the bride's mother; Princess Fawzia (1921-2013), the bride wearing a wedding dress; Crown Price Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran (1919-1980), the groom, in military uniform with a chain over his chest. Queen Tadj ol-Molouk (1896-1982, the groom's mother. In the upper side of the photograph can be seen the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Egypt (left) and the coat of arms of Pahlavi Iran (right). The wedding is considered an important event in the history of Egyptian-Iranian relations, as well as a milestone in Shi'a-Sunni relations: King Farouk I was the ruler of the Muslim world's most powerful Sunni country, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was crown prince of the world's largest Shi'a country, and the wedding ceremony was performed by Mustafa al-Maraghi, rector of Al-Azhar, the world's foremost Sunni religious institution." Wikimedia gives the source of this photo as: the Biblioteca Alexandrina's Memory of Modern Egypt Digital Archive. The photo was probably taken by the Riad Shihata Studio in Cairo. I also have seen a few other photographs online of King Farouk I wearing a chain of miniatures, but as with Owain’s published image (8th photo in his 2018 OMRS publication), none are high enough resolution to identify the miniature medals on his chain. All of the photos I have encountered of Farouk wearing a chain of miniatures are from the period of exile, so it appears the miniature medals on such a chain are likely (mostly?) his foreign awards. A photograph of goateed ex-King Farouk I with Grace Kelly and Prince Ranier of Monaco that of miniature medals, with the same sash and 3 breast stars as in Owain's 8th photo in his 2018 OMRS publication, suggesting they may both be from the same event in Monaco. Farouk I wears the sash and breast star of the Order of St. Charles (Monaco) in the premier position, followed by the Legion d'Honneur (France), and the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain). This is the best online version of this portrait that I have found online (from: https://www.3ain.net/Article/76095/شاهد-من-هى-جريس-كيلى-راعية-ابن-الملك-فاروق-الأول). This same photo (Image ID:A2JM84) is offered for sale on the alamy webisite (https://www.alamy.com/grace-kelly-with-husband-prince-ranier-of-monaco-and-ex-king-farouk-image3439747.html). A lower-resolution version of this image on tumblr (https://graceandfamily.tumblr.com/post/143803793407/vintage-photo-of-rainier-iii-grace-kelly-and-king) identifies the event as the civil wedding of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainer III in 1956. A film made during the wedding events in Monaco shows Prince Ranier and Grace Kelly in these same costumes at the opera following their private civil marriage ceremony and prior to their cathedral wedding (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiOKFzRHm14). Another image of King Faoruk I in exile wearing the chain of miniature medals, This image comes from From Magda Malek’s flickr photostream: https://www.flickr.com/photos/magdamalek/2898379473/ . The event is identified as a January 1962 visit to Switzerland, where King Farouk I and his daughter Princess Fawzia were attending the wedding of King Simeon II of Bulgaria and Margarita Gomez-Acebo. Another photograph that may show a chain of miniatures featuring King Farouk I with his daughter Princess Ferial at Cannes in 1957 with 2 breast stars visible, but only that of the Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur (France) can be readily identified. From a 28 January, 2014 article by Paul Crompton, "Egypt’s King Farouk: philanderer or family man?” in the English language version of (https://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2014/01/28/Egypt-s-King-Farouk-philanderer-or-family-man-), photo courtesy of Amr Talaat. Another photograph of King Farouk I wearing the chain of minis with his daughter Princess Ferial during his exile. (From Hassan Kamel-Kelisi-Morali's flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kelisli/4844899791/) A photograph of King Farouk with former opera singer, and his former lover, Irma Capece Minutely that also appears to show Farouk wearing a chain of miniatures on his coat, only partly visible because of his cape, This image is for sale on the IMS Vintage Photos website (SKU: SCAN-NOP-0000102367). The clothing and floor in the image show this to be from the same event as shown in the next image below that is associated with some contextual information. (From: https://imsvintagephotos.com/kingfaroukofegyptrightandirmacapeceminutololeft102367) Another image of the Farouk next to Irma Capece Minutolo on the Photorientalist webiste (http://www.photorientalist.org/easymedia/exiled-king-farouk-and-narriman/farouk-in-no-moot-for-small-talk/)) in the same outfits barely shows what may be a chain of miniatures. The caption identifies the context as King Farouk I passing his ex-geilfriend with no comment at an unspecified event in October, 1956. The following 3 photos are courtesy of Owain Raw-Rees and are from his published articles on previously unattributed medals on display in Abdine Palace that he has inentified as those of King Farouk I. Owain's illustration of the specially-sized set of 5 medals (1st photo in Owain Raw-Rees, 2006, “King Farouk and his Awards", JOMSA, Vol 57, No. 4, pp: 15-23; also shown as the 2nd photo in: Owain Raw-Rees, 2018, "Egypt-King Farouk and his Dress Miniatures", Miniature Medals World, No 130. March). This photo is courtesy of Owain Raw-Rees and is copyrighted by him. Owain has included a photo of King Farouk 1 wearing this bar while standing next to his uncle Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfiq as the 2nd photo of his 2006 JOMSA article and as the 3rd photo in his 2018 OMRS publication. These are the 5 awards represented by their bars in the Life shown as the 1st photo above in this post. These medals include, from left-right: the Order of Mohammed Ali, the Order of Ismail, the Order of the Nile, the Order of the Military Star of King Fuad I, and the Medal for Meritorious Acts. Owain notes in his 2006 JOMSA article that King Farouk I had Bichay made these slightly smaller medals (not miniatures) of the Order of Mohammed Ali, the Order of Ismail, and the Order of the Nile that were scaled down to the size of the the Order of the Military Star of King Fuad I, and the Medal for Meritorious Acts was enlarged to wear as an aesthetically homogeneous single row on his undress uniform. Owain's illustration of the 5 miniature medals of King Farouk I (1st photo in Owain Raw-Rees, 2018, "Egypt-King Farouk and his Dress Miniatures", Miniature Medals World, No 130. March). This photo is courtesy of Owain Raw-Rees and copyrighted by him. The miniatures include, from left-right: the Order of Mohammed Ali, the Order of Ismail, the Order of the Nile, the Order of the Military Star of King Fuad I, and the Medal for Meritorious Acts. This is the grouping that King Farouk I is shown wearing in the above photos of his 22nd birthday and during events celebrating the wedding of Princess Fawzia's to Reza Pahlavi in 1939. Another set of miniatures of the same 5 awards with the addition of the 1948 Palestine War Media at the far right. This image is the 7th photo in: Owain Raw-Rees, 2018, "Egypt-King Farouk and his Dress Miniatures", Miniature Medals World, No 130. March. This photo is courtesy of Owain Raw-Rees and copyrighted by him. A less common portrait of King Farouk I from 1944 wearing the Egyptian Royal Air Force wings above 3 breasts stars; the Order of Mohamed Ali, the Order of Ismail, and the Iranian Order of Pahlavi (From: https://www.facebook.com/331743570826079/photos/a.331746860825750/331746870825749/?type=1&theater).

Glad to offer a something, sorry it doesn't help identify the awards. By the way, I Iove Cody! I often wonder of Bob Edgar's Trail Town is still an ongoing Roadside Attraction there? Gotta love the Hole in the Wall Gang;'s cabin, Curley's cabin, the graves of Jeremiah "liver-eaten" Johnson, Jim Bridger, the "Boss Hunter", and those couple of scabs who shot each other dead in a love triangle, and several years later Bob was able to get the remains of the woman they killed each other over. Plus all the Buffalo Bill memorabilia at the Irma (Queen Victoria's gift bar to Cody with the effete European woods bison and Annie Oakley's tin shot silhouette of Buffalo Bill).

I'm afraid the French inscription on the reverse of this photo is not of any assistance in identifying his awards. My French is not good, but I think it reads: "To Mr. S. Mashuko [or Mashiko?-neither of these seem correct-Matsuoka? Matsukawa???], in memory of affection and friendship of a devoted friend R [?]i[?]ata [Hinata? again, this seems unlikely-Inata?] Tokyo 2/10 1912"

I obtained the Tewfik Bichai advertising flyer shown in my post of 21 August, 2020 and am illustrating the other pages in that advertisement in high-resolution scans below. These can all be zoomed, although that does not necessarily provide much additional detail of this flyer. This flyer may closely postdate when Tewfiq Bichay took over the Lattes workshop in the 1930s, as noted by Owain in his post on this thread of 19 August, 2020. Page 1 of the Tewfik Bichai post 1936 and pre-1952 advertising flyer showing a percussion press. The flyer opens with the attached pages 2 – 5, and page 6 is the back cover of the flyer. The advertisement measures 25 cm tall x 13 cm wide when folded, and 25 cm tall x 392 mm wide when opened. No printer is identified in the French information on the flyer. Page 2 of the same Tewfik Bichai advertising flyer showing the 4 most prestigious awards of the post-1915 period of the Egyptian Sultanate/Kingdom. Clockwise from the upper left, the Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of Mohamed Ali (Nishan al-Muhammad’Ali, instituted 1915); the 1st Class Grand Cordon of the Order of Mohamed Ali sash badge (above) and breast star (below) (Type 2, modified in 1919); the 1st Class Grand Cordon sash badge (above) and breast star (below) of the Order of Ismail (Nishan al-Ismail, instituted 1922); and the 1st Class Grand Cordon sash badge (above) and breast star (below) of the Order of the Nile (Nishan al-Nil, instituted 1915). Page 3 of the same Tewfik Bichai advertising flyer showing in the upper left panel: the 1st Class Grand Cordon sash badge (above) and breast star (below) of the Order of Virtues (Nishan al-Kamal, instituted 1915); in the upper right panel, on the left: the obverse of the Medal for Meritorious Acts (what is the Arabic name of this medal?, instituted 1917); on the right: the obverse of the Medal for Devotion to Duty (Nu’ut al-Wa’agib, instituted 1920); in the lower portion of that same panel, on the left: the reverse of the Medal of Mohammed Ali (Nu’ut al-Muhammad’Ali, in either gold or silver, instituted 1915); and in the lower right of that panel: the Order of the Military Star of King Fuad I (Wisam Nigam al-Askariyal al Kawab al-Fu’al-Awwal, instituted 1919); on the bottom panel are 4 pins or badges that are regalia of positions serving the royal family, from left to right: the "Maid of Honor" of H.M. Queen Farida; the King’s Grand Chamberlain’s lapel pin; the lapel pin for the King’s other Chamberlains; and the King’s Master of Ceremonies lapel pin. All of the ciphers on the 3 rightmost pins are of King Farouk I. This flyer illustration usefully provides a small amount of information about some of the design variations of the Chamberlain’s pins, something Owain notes in his 26 March 2019 post is a bit problematic even in the displays of the Royal Jewelry Museum in Alexandria and the Abdine Place displays of such pins. I illustrated 2 Chamberlain’s pins as the 2nd and 3rd photos in my post of 26 March, 2019 on this thread. The second illustration of that post shows an example of the King’s Master of Ceremonies lapel pin that is identical to the one shown in this advertisement flyer. The 1st pin in my 26 March post shows a lapel pin with enamel rather than openwork as seen in the Tewfik Bichai flyer, so I am unsure if this suggests the pin is that of the Grand Chamberlain or the other Chamberlains (some internet sites using that image suggest it may be a version of the Grand Chamberlain's lapel pin). I also illustrated several Chamberlains wearing these pins (on the right lapel) in the 1st, 2nd, and 6th photos in my post of 2 April, 2019. That post also identifies the King’s Chamberlains (supposedly from the 1920s) consisting of the Grand Chamberlain, the Premier Chamberlain, and 4 Masters of Ceremonies. Owain illustrated several Chamberlains’ pins in the 3 photos in his posts of 26 March, 2019 on this thread. The 1st photo in that post is the same image of the enamel, gold (?), and jeweled pin as in my 1st photo of 26 March, and an identical design is shown as the pin on the right of his 2nd photo in Owain's 26 March post. The 3rd photo in Owain’s 26 March post also shows the openwork Master of Ceremonies lapel pin on the left, identical to that in the Tewfik Bichai flyer and the 2nd photo of my 26 March post. Owain also included 7 photos showing a grouping of pins on exhibit in Abdine Palace in his post of 29 March, 2019, also on this thread. That 29 March post shows 2 examples of Queen Farida’s “Maids of Honor” pins as the upper 2 pins in the 3rd photo of that post, that appear identical to that illustrated on this page of the Tewfik Bichai flyer. Page 4 of the same Tewfik Bichai advertising flyer showing in the upper left panel: the Collar of King Fuad I (Qiladat al-Fu’ad al-Awwal, instituted 1936); in the upper right panel: the sash badge (upper) and lapel badge (lower) of the Chamber of Deputies (the Lower House of the Egyptian Parliament) is on the left; and on the right are the sash badge (upper) and lapel badge (lower) of the Chamber of Senators (the Upper House of Parliament). See the posts in the GMIC thread “Unknown Arabic Medal ??” started by Linasl on 23 July, 2020 in the "Middle East & Arab States" section for discussions and additional images of these Egyptian Parliamentary insignia. The bottom panel illustrates (from left to right) the obverse of the 1st Class (Commander) Order of Agriculture (Nishan al-Zira’ah, instituted 1932); the obverse of the 1st Class (Commander) Order of Culture (Nishan al-Ma’aref, instituted 1932, also called the Order of Education); and the obverse of the 1st Class (Commander) Order of Trade & Industry (Nishan al-Sinaa wa al-Tigara, instituted 1932). Page 5 of the same Tewfik Bichai advertising flyer that appears to illustrate 9 sport medals from unspecified competitions in the upper panel (clockwise from top center, 12:00 position): for shotput, discus, tennis, boxing, weightlifting, wrestling, probably handball (?), javelin; and in the center: hurdles. The lower panel shows 24 unspecified badges or pins that appear to include military insignia, royal regalia, and other emblems, possibly of civic organizations. I mentioned some pins that Fahmy Tewfiq Bichay manufactured for other countries during WW II in my post of 21 August, 2020, as well as later UN badges. I also have seen some automobile badges and decorative radiator caps made by Tewfiq Bichay (father) for the Touring Club d'Egypte and the Royal Automobile Club d'Egypte. However, I have not investigated the pins/badges shown in low detail in the lower panel of this page of the flyer. Page 6, the back cover of the same folding Tewfik Bichai advertising flyer. The upper right corner repeats the emblem identifying Bichai as the purveyor to H.M. the King that helps bracket the date for this flyer as after the Sultanate of King Fuad I was changed to Kingship in 1922 and prior to the forced abdication of King Farouk I in the 1952 revolution (as noted in my post of August 21, 2020, rue Soliman Pasha was renamed Talaat Harb probably in 1954). The most recently instituted regalia illustrated in this flyer is from 1936 (the Collar of King Fuad I). Owain states in his 19 August, 2020 post on this thread from notes of an interview with Fahmy Tewfiq Bichay that his father, Tewfiq Bichay, took over the Lattes workshop sometime in the 1930s. These bracketing dates also are consistent with the illustration of ciphers for King Farouk I on all of the Chamberlains’ lapel pins shown on page 3 of the advertising flyer, dating from after Farouk I’s assumption of the throne in 1936. Above is an image of the reverse of another example of a South African Air Force squadron badge for the S.A.A.F. No. 3 Bombing Group Maintenance Company enamelled lapel badge, obtained by the same eBay seller from Fahmy Tewfiq Bichay, as noted in my post of 21 August, 2020. The is the same form of badge as shown in the 2nd photo of my post of 21 August, but carries the Fahmy Tewfik Bichay Arabic maker's mark in contrast with the English language mark on the example shown in my previous post.

The same 3rd Class Commander neck badge of the Order of Ismail that I discussed in the first 3 photos of my post of 13 August, 2020 and in relation to the 1st photo of my post of 14 August on this thread, that has an anomalous wreath component has just re-surfaced on a current Liverpool Medals website auction, SKU 28988 (https://www.liverpoolmedals.com/product/order-of-ismail-commander-neck-badge-22ct-gold). The auction description states that this neck badge was made by Lattes but incorrectly states that it is hallmarked as 22 carat gold. Moderately high-resolution image of the obverse of the Liverpool Medals current auction offering of the 3rd Class Commander neck badge with an anomalous wreath component that is unlike any other example seen from Maison Lattes. This is the same 3rd Class neck badge that appeared in a 22 July, 2019 Auction by eMedals (Item M0306-1) that provided good photos of the obverse and reverse of this badge. It also is the same badge as the recent listed on the Spink website (Auction 20002, Lot 985). Again, I included high resolution images of the obverse of this badge from the July 2019 eMedals auction as the 1st (frontal) and 2nd (oblique) photos of my post of 22 August, 2019, as the 17th photo in my post of 28 March, 2020, and as the 1st photo of my August 14, 2020 post on this thread. I also illustrated the obverse image of this same badge from the recent 2020 Spink auction as the first 3 photos of my 13 August, 2020 post here on this thread. The spillover of the blue enamel, or irregularity in the gold margin, on the lower left finial (7:00 position) is the same as seen in the other photos I am attributing to this particular neck badge. The wreath shows the unusual configuration for a Lattes-made badge that is described in my 13 August post (the different number and configuration of gold laurel fruit dots, thinner and more irregular gold borders of the gold & red enamel bands around the wreath with some red enamel spillover, thiner enamel, and a size that obscures the gold border of each of the star's arms next to the central medallion). The engraving on the gold floral elements of the star's arms is the same as shown in the eMedals and Spink photographs, and is within the normal range of variation for Lattes-made examples. This image can be zoomed for greater detail, and the photo shows the thinner green enamel of the wreath quite well. Moderate-resolution image of the reverse of the same Order of Ismail 3rd Class neck badge from a current Liverpool Medals auction. I previously included images from the July 2019 eMedals auction of this same badge in my post of 22 August, 2019 that show better details of the reverse and hallmarks as the 3rd photo (frontal), 4th (oblique), and a close-up of the "LATTES" maker's mark and the 3 Egyptian gold hallmarks as the 5th image in the post. The last image in that prior post shows the Cairo assay office mark for 18 carat gold, the ibis hallmark for Egyptian-made gold, and the date hallmark of "Y" = 1923-1924. The resolution of the Liverpool Medals photo of the reverse is too low to read the Egyptian gold hallmarks clearly, but the Cairo Assay office mark and the ibis mark are slightly defined, and the "Y" date hallmark is not clearly distinguishable. Some of the marks on the reverse of this badge match those seen in the much higher resolution eMedals image, shown as the 5th photo in my post of 22 August, 2019. Although this badge is currently playing hot potato on the auction circuit (why? has someone else noticed the wreath anomaly in this piece?), the asking price on Liverpool Medals is approximately £1,795 greater than the likely price it just sold for about 1 month ago.

Owain, many thanks for this additional background information about Fahmy Tewfik Bichay, some medals, and the photos. It is wonderful to hear the stories you, 922F, and some others have contributed about meeting him and the wealth of information he shared about many aspects of his career making so many lovely medals and to hear about the generous man he was. A pre-1952 advertisement for Maison Tewfik Bichai from a current eBay listing of some South African Air Force squadron badges made by Tewfik Bichay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/402193177081). This identifies the workshop at 40 Rue Soliman Pacha, Cairo (also "Suleiman Pasha" Street in English, named after one of the generals of Muhammed Ali's reign), prior to when it was renamed as Talaat Harb in 1954, for the prominent Egyptian economist and founder of Banque Misr. The auction does not include this advertisement, a photo of a pilot wearing one of the Bichay-made badges, nor a copy of a Military issue (1941) identity card for Fahmy Tewfik Bichay (spelled "Fahmi Tawfik Bishay") that are illustrated in the eBay listing. I previously posted an image of that ID as the last photo in my post of 21 October, 2019 on this thread where I was illustrating some variation in J. Lattes cases (mostly for the more common Order of the Nile in that post) & labels as well as the fewer examples of labels I've encountered for Tewfik Bichay and Fahmy Tewfik Bichay The image of the ID came from a section of the MP Antique et Militaria website (http://www.militaria.qc.ca/air-force/south-africa.html) that illustrates and identifies a number of South African Air Force squadron badges that the site moderator obtained personally from Fahmy Tewfik Bichay after he had emigrated to Canada. The same badges are shown on the MP Antique et Military website as on the current eBay listing noted above, and both websites identify all of the badges shown (probably the same seller on the MP Antique et Military website and the eBay listing). Reverse of one of the South African Air Force squadron badges from the same current eBay listing (identified on the listing as: S.A.A.F. No. 3 Bombing Group Maintenance Company enamelled lapel badge, showing the Bichay maker's mark. I have recently added some images of badges made by Fahmy Tewfik Bichay for the Free French Forces on the thread "Request for identification assistance-FFL" started by gfh on 8 February, 2018 in the "France" subsection of the "European States" forum section here on GMIC that shows a Cairo-made (by Bichay) Lignes Aeriennes Militaires badge. That thread also includes images of some original designs that gfh obtained from Fahmy Tewfik Bichay's brother (Sadek Tewfik Bichay?). I also illustrated a Polish UNEF II badge marked "T.BICHAY CAIRO" and provided a link to some other Tewfik Bichay-made UN badges on the thread I started on 17 August, 2020 - "Polish UN Peacekeeping Forces Badge for UNEF II-Cairo-Made" in the "Central & Eastern European States" subsection of the the "European States" forum section here on GMIC.

Below is an image of from a 22 April, 2016 auction by Ader-Nordmann, archived on the AUCTIONFR website (https://www.auction.fr/_en/lot/1ere-compagnie-de-chasseurs-parachutistes-france-libre-fabrication-du-caire-tewfik-9740941), Lot 81, that is identified as an original of the 1ère Compagnie de Chasseurs Parachutistes France Libre made by Tewfik Bichay in Cairo. Obverse of a Fahmy Tewfik Bichay-made FFL Parachutist badge for the 1ère Compagnie de Chasseurs Parachutistes France Libre. The auction description states it has a "safety pin" or locking pin attachment (modèle attache épingle à nourrice), but no identiication of the materials it is made from nor dimensions are given. No image of the reverse is shown in the Ader-Nordmann listing. The metal and colors of this original contrast with the 1977 replica of this badge that was reproduced by Fahmy Tewfik Bichay, shown above in the last 2 photos of my post of 2 April, 2020 and in gfh's post of that same day.

Here is a link to a webpage of Frank Hummel of Marktbergel, Germany with many additional UN badge designs for other missions and different countries forces that were made by Fahmy Tewfik Bichay: http://www.frankhummel.de/bichay/bichay.html