Two new Egyptian medals: Artillery Day and Sinai Operation Campaign Medal

[ChrisW]

As I studied photos of the new Egyptian Defense Minister and Armed Forces Chief of Staff I’ve identified two new Egyptian medals.

 

One is the 50th anniversary medal for the Army’s artillery branch. There are medals commemorating the anniversaries of the Air Force, Air Defence Force, and Navy, and I’ve seen coins and unit-level awards for Army branches of service (including artillery) which are not authorized for wear alongside medals, but this is the first time such a medal has been issued and worn. Artillery has existed as a separate branch of the Army since at least the 1920s so I’m not clear what the anniversary represents.

 

The other is the Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018 campaign medal. The armed forces and police had been conducting counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations in the Sinai peninsula since 2011, and in February 2018 launched a new operation called “Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018” which arguably was larger and more effective than previous ones. According to this Egyptian newspaper article (https://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/4984144) President ElSisi created the medal in September 2020, in two or three grades: gold for officers, silver for NCOs, and bronze for enlisted men of the armed forces and police. (The article is a little unclear in the Google translation I read.) The article did not give the eligibility criteria.

 

Photos of the two medal ribbons are attached, they’re circled in red. You can see the Artillery Day medal in both photos, it’s the black/red diagonally divided ribbon. The Comprehensive Operation Sinai 2018 ribbon is yellow edged in red/white/black. 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 20:47 by ChrisW

[Megan]

Fascinating - well spotted and excellent detective work.

 

Now to find out what the medals look like, dates, and terms of award... and add them to my website!

[ChrisW]

Megan, I’ll let you know if I find anything but sadly I’m not optimistic! 

[Antonio Prieto]

https://www.masrtimes.com/4227

 

https://manshurat.org/node/70793

Edited Thursday at 16:36 by Antonio Prieto

[Antonio Prieto]

Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the Artillery Corps

https://manshurat.org/file/50577/download?token=Ur3zivMB

[Megan]

Excellent hunting, Antonio. I shall have to blow the dust off my Arabic to make the most of these 🤓

[ChrisW]

Wow!!! Exceptionally useful and fast searches from both of you! Many thanks!

 

I found some additional details on the criteria for the Artillery Day medal, from this Egyptian newspaper. https://www.masrawy.com/news/news_egypt/details/2018/10/10/1441754/-معركة-المدافع-الكبرى-لماذا-حدد-الرئيس-ميدالية-عسكرية-لسلاح-المدفعية-

 

It seems the medal commemorates the 50th anniversary of a particular artillery clash which occurred on 8 September 1969, rather than the founding of the artillery corps.

 

A loose translation of the relevant text: 

 

The Official Gazette published, on Tuesday, in its issue dated October 4, Presidential Decree No. 459 of 2018, issuing a commemorative medal for the Golden Jubilee of the Artillery Corps.

The presidential decree specified the specifications of the artillery medals, which are in line with the fiftieth anniversary of the Great Cannon Battle along the Suez Canal during the War of Attrition, to be of one layer “of bronze” according to the attached drawings and specifications, and to follow in order the military medals issued

so far.

Article Two stipulates that this medal shall be awarded to all members of the Artillery Corps who are in service on September 8, 2018, as follows: all officers, non-commissioned officers, and students of the Military College (Artillery Wing).

The story of September 8, which the Armed Forces designated as Artillery Day, dates back to the year 1969, when the General Command of the Armed Forces decided to open artillery fire on all enemy points along the front line of the Suez Canal.

[Antonio Prieto]

Some others was created

Unfortunatelly the PDF documents not include colour drawings

For the next update of the web

 

Edited 4 minutes ago by Antonio Prieto

[ChrisW]

Superlative work, Antonio! The photos in this article might be useful for colors of some of the new medals, there are a number of ribbons I don’t recognize.

https://egyptian-gazette.com/egypt/historic-milestone-egyptian-military-academy-opens-new-headquarters-in-the-nac/

 

[Antonio Prieto]

See the updated pages

https://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/cintas/index.htm

 

 

 

From translator arab-english

 

Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the October 1973 victory
2023

 

Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the Signal Corps
2022
 
Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the Military Intelligence and Reconnaissance Department
2021

 

Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the Parachute Forces
2021

 

Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the Armored Corps
2020
 
Commemorative medal for the Diamond Jubilee of the Armed Forces Supply and Catering Authority
2020
 
Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the Thunderbolt Forces (State Informaiton Service?)
2020

 

Commemorative medal and badge for the comprehensive operation in Sinai
2020

 

Commemorative medal (Diamond Jubilee) for the Infantry Corps
2020

 

Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the Arms and Ammunition Corps
2020

 

Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the Air Defense Forces
2020
 
Commemorative medal for the silver jubilee of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority
2020
 
Commemorative medal for the silver jubilee of the Navy
2019
 
Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the military judiciary
2018
 
Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the Artillery Corps
2018

 

Commemorative medal for the Golden Jubilee of the Navy
2018

 

Medal "June 30, 2013"
2014

 

Medal (January 25, 2011)
2012

 

Commemorative medal for the Diamond Jubilee of the Air Force
2007

 

Commemorative medal for the silver jubilee of the liberation of Sinai
2007

 

Commemorative medal for the golden jubilee of the July 23, 1952 Revolution
2002

 

Commemorative medal for the October 1973 fighters for the participants and contributors to the October 1973 war on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of this glorious war
1998

 

Commemorative medal for the silver jubilee of the October 1973 victory
1998

 

Long Service Medal.
1997

 

Commemorative medal for the fiftieth anniversary of anniversary of the establishment of the Air Force
1983

 

Navy Day Medal
1960
 

Edited 2 hours ago by Antonio Prieto