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


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    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. 

     

     

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    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!

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    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.

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    See the updated pages

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

     

     

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    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

     

    Commemorative medal for the 50 anniversary of the establishment of the Armed Forces Financial Affairs Authority

    2015

     

    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
     

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    • 2 weeks later...

    Hello Gentlemen,

     

    Here is a better photo of the 2018 Sinai Operation Medal, against terrorist.

     

    This medal is kept in high esteem in Egypt. Those member of the military who have been awarded it, are extremely proud of.

     

    So many soldier put the photo of their medal on their social media account, not to sell !!!!! But because they are proud of it.

     

    The medal is 41 millimeters in diameter, 3 millimeters thick, and weight 50 grammes with ribbon and suspension device.

     

    Ribbon width is 34 millimeters.

     

    Even if it decree is from 2020, the medal had been said to me, to be awarded for operation retroactively as early 2018.

     

    Regards.

     

         Emmanuel

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