France, Colonial Somaliland. An Order Nichan El-Anouar, Officer, C.1930 certificate_of_authenticity Constructed of white machine embroidery

Constructed of white machine embroidery on a black rayon backer

with 2 screw posts

the other lost to time)

he played an exemplary role in composing the many nationalistic difficulties in the allocation of war correspondence to insure proportional representation and the establishment of equitable quotas throughout operations on the Continent

France, Colonial Somaliland. An Order Nichan El-Anouar, Officer, C.1930 certificate_of_authenticity Constructed of white machine embroidery(Arabic: Order of the Light). Instituted 1887 by Mahmed ben Mohammed Sultan of Tadjourah. A ten pointed silver star with a gilt star in each quadrant, obverse centre presenting a silver star on a blue enameled background, gold Arabic characters on red enameled band, measuring 52 mm (w) x 78 mm (h inclusive of crown suspension with horizontally pierced ball suspension adorned by upward facing crescent moon), on period first pattern ribbon, very fine.