France, Colonial Somaliland. An Order Of Nichan El Anouar, Officer, C.1930 Auction Squadron Leader James M

Squadron Leader James M

February-July 1885

WWI KIA Group to the Bedfordshire Regiment - 1914-15 Star (19913 Pte E

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the 240th Infantry Battalion "Lanark and Renfrew Battalion"

France, Colonial Somaliland. An Order Of Nichan El Anouar, Officer, C.1930 Auction Squadron Leader James MIn silver gilt with red and blue enamels, hallmarked on the ring, 50. 5 mm x 79 mm inclusive of its crown suspension, large rosette on the original ribbon, intact enamels, light contact and gilt wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Nichan El Anouar (Arabic: Order of the Light) was established in 1887, as a colonial order of merit of the Tajurah sultanate in French Somaliland (modern day Djibouti). It was instituted in 1887 by the Sultan