Badge and star: Order of the Nile

Badge: Five pointed white enamel star superimposed on a faceted silver plaque. Centre medallion gold, with Arabic inscription in blue "WHAT BENEFITS EGYPT OWES TO THE NILE, HER SOURCE OF PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS". Suspended from small gold crown and ribbon of blue watered silk with yellow edges.

Object Details

ID: MED1920.2
Type: Badge
Display location: Not on display
Date made: After 1915
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: badge: 64 mm
Parts: Badge and star: Order of the Nile (Order)