Egypt - New Collector - Order of the Nile

[Moheb]

Hi there, I'm so glad I found this online club and thanks in advance for all your help! I've only recently become very interested in Egyptian orders and medals, in particular the Order of the Nile in all 5 grades, ideally I'd like to have an example for each grade, I've found a few for sale (feel free to point me in the direction of reputable dealers!) but the challenge that I'm facing is that I find it very hard to know for sure just by the vendors pictures whether - for example - what I'm looking at is a grand cordon breast badge or grand officer's breast badge, and whether it's pre-1926 or post 1926 etc.

Most of the dealers also seem a bit uncertain and I don't want to end up with any duplicates so prefer not to risk it, I realize that the different breast badges are biggest for grand cordon then get smaller, but that's only useful once I have something to compare it to ..

Ideally what I'm looking for is either a way to tell just by picture what exactly am I looking at, or if I can get the sizes + pictures of every cross, medal and badge that belong to the Order of the Nile.

I've noted that there are many great experts on this subject such as Owain and Ed Haynes and would eagerly look forward to hear from you.

[oamotme]

Dear Moheb,

In haste and away from my data base, I can advise that of the Egyptian manufactured pieces for the monarchy - to date I have no evidence of other manufacturers - for the period 1915 to 1952, have the reverse of the orders, 5 classes, marked as follows:

A - Lattes in Latin script and occasionally in Arabic script.

B - Bichay (Tewfic Bichay) in Latin script.

C - Bichay (Fahmy Tewfic Bichay) in Arabic script.

Whilst the design of the order is constant the early pieces by Lattes have silvered rather than gilded rays on the body of the star. Some pieces - all manufacturers, have the crown suspension and central circular ring in gold as opposed to the usual silver gilt.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Owain.

P.S. The Republic order of the same name whilst retaining the ribbon colours, consists only of a collar and a grand cordon class and are of a different design.

[Brian Wolfe]

Hello Moheb,

Welcome to the GMIC I hope the members can assist you with your questions.

Sorry that I can not help but I wanted to welcome your here anyway.

Regards

Brian