An Egyptian Order Of The Nile (Nishan-Al-Nil) Grand Cordon Set By Lattes Of Cairo Archive rare badge

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their true original recipient was determined to be this British chaplain

Footnote: Alexander Wood Mitchell was born in Scotland in 1897 and was working as a printer in Toronto before enlisting in February 1916

Two-level black and red horsehair plume with restraining ring protruding from a blackened bronze ball and multi-rayed base

An Egyptian Order Of The Nile (Nishan-Al-Nil) Grand Cordon Set By Lattes Of Cairo Archive rare badgeSash Badge: four piece construction, silver with blue and white enamelled insignia, mounted to a ten pointed star base, maker marked "LATTES" on the reverse cartouche, 62. 7 mm x 95 mm inclusive of its crown suspension, without sash; and Breast Star: five piece construction, silver with blue and white enamelled insignia, mounted to a ten pointed star base, maker marked "LATTES" on the reverse cartouche, 78. 3 mm x 80. 5 mm, vertical pinback flanked by