Kingdom of Egypt: Military Star of Fuad I

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From the Kingdom of Egypt, the Military Star of Fuad I (وسام نجم العسكریل ألخكاب ألفاظ الأول) which was instituted on 6 December 1919 as the Order of the Military Star of Sultan Fouad I, being renamed in 1922. It was awarded in a single class to officers for mention in dispatches or distinguished service in the field or before the enemy with courage and a spirit of self-sacrifice.

 

 

The decoration consists of a gilt five-pointed star enamelled white on both sides. On the obverse, a central, blue-enamelled disk bears crossed gilt swords surrounded by a red-enamelled circlet on which there is a crowned gilt laurel wreath. On the reverse, the disk is also blue with an inscription in Arabic. Suspension is a straight bar and the ribbon is yellow with a black central stripe and blue edge stripes.