Petro Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Tunisia - Order of Nichan Iftikhar - knight 1st class , Can you guys check if i am right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Indeed it is 4th class, Sidi Hamed issue (1929-42) Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petro Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 thank you Paul i really appreciate it , i was searching everywhere online and never meet that information , where did you get that info ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
922F Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 I very rarely disagree with my friend Paul. That said, however, according to several authorities [Les Decoration tunisiannes a la epoque husseinite, 1994, "Sabretache" articles and a couple of websites] the piece shown in post one is a Knight 2nd class insignia. The Order had 6 classes as of 1882: Grand Cordon, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer, Knight lst class, and Knight 2nd class. Knights first class had enamel in the star points, like officer badges, and knights 2nd class did not. These latter had enamel only in the center. Sidi Hamid was more formally known as Ahmad II Pasha Bey. In my experience, including a year in Tunisia and three in Paris, one encounters Knight 2nd class insignia much more rarely than Knight lst class pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Whoops, I should look at better images. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petro Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Interesting 922F and thank you for correction . Can you share some of those web sites please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
922F Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Happy to oblige. In my view, published written sources with information indicating 'hard' sources like Order Statutes, surpass in reliability many internet sources. Les Decoration tunisiannes a la epoque husseinite, 1994, in my understanding, remains the most complete study of this Order with copious references to not only the Statutes but implementing decrees and era-published administrative procedure guidance. As to internet sources, in this instance Wiki lists the grade of knight 2nd class but includes no image. For other easily searchable internet 'cites' [pun intended] try http://www.royalark.net/Tunisia/orders.htm, http://www.icollector.com/AUCTION-VIII_as11563_p6 lot 1330, or The 1882 statutes are on-line somewhere in a French collectors' organization site; I cannot locate it at present. Google search and French eBay listings will reveal more on-line evidence. http://www.emering.com/medals/tunisia/index.html provides perhaps the most accessible images of various Beys' names/cyphers for English speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petro Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Cooooooool thank you . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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