Medal Identification (Id: Order Of The Nile Medal)

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Audacious New Member Greece 4 Posts	Posted 08/04/2022 07:00 am Can you ID this medal? Paris Theodore ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Theodore ) at the opening night of a 1965 Broadways stage production, with his wife. Thank you in advance. Photo source (large size available there): https://digitalcollections.nypl.org...06d32d4a59ce Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 08/04/2022 08:55 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34396 Posts	Posted 08/04/2022 09:51 am @aud, first welcome to CCF. Second, while medals are well outside of my area of expertise, that medal with a central circle, white five-pointed star, and crown dangle looks a lot like the medal given out to Egypt's recipients of the "Order of the Nile". Here is a Wikipedia article for reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Nile I'm not sure what the connection would be though. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Audacious New Member Greece 4 Posts	Posted 08/04/2022 10:42 am Thank all you for welcoming me! Dear @Spence, it looks correct. I am amazed that you found it. I have no idea about how that person would end wearing such a medal but he claimed to have connections with the CIA and other shadowy organizations. On the other hand, the extend of these connections is disputed. Thanks again! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34396 Posts	Posted 08/04/2022 4:22 pm Glad to help! I used keywords MEDAL, "WHITE STAR", and "RAYS" and then sifted through a few pages of image search results before stumbling upon an old auction for one at icollector: https://www.icollector.com/Medal-EG...ILE_i6015248 "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 08/04/2022 8:59 pm It seems the medal in this form wasn't granted after 1926, and Mr Theodore hadn't yet been born then. So rather than having earned it himself, it's seems more probable that he bought one second-hand and wore it just because he thought it looked cool. Or it might even be a replica. From the Wikipedia article, it looks like the medals worn around the neck like that are the second and third tier medals, Grand Officer and Commander - which would be pretty high rank. The ribbon appears to have the correct colour stripes for the award (as far as can be judged in a black-and-white photo), so it doesn't seem to be a random after-market accessory. It's not a common medal ,with only 150 people awarded the third-tier Commander medal, so if genuine it probably wouldn't have been cheap to buy, unless the seller had no idea what it was. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Audacious New Member Greece 4 Posts	Posted 08/05/2022 03:58 am Dear @Spence, excellent work. It tried that path with medal+crown+five-pointed star etc but gave up. Dear @Sap, I figured that since the formal abolition of the monarchy Egypt was in 1953—when that person was 10—that would be the latest possible date for the crown on the medal. With your information it is quite obvious that he didn't earn that medal. Thank you, too. Report this Post to the Staff
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