Morocco, Spanish Protectorate. An Order Of Mehdauia, Grand Officer's Star, C.1945 Archive belonging to the BEF Canteen

belonging to the BEF Canteen being burnt

Entered the service from New York

The interior is fully lined with a field-grey cotton liner bearing a maker’s mark of “Wolber & Pfaff

marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) insignia and maker marked "M4/22" (Christian Theodor Dicke) on the reverse

soiling evident on the linen-covered inserts

Morocco, Spanish Protectorate. An Order Of Mehdauia, Grand Officer's Star, C.1945 Archive belonging to the BEF CanteenOrden de la Mehdauia, Wissam al Mahdawiya. Instituted in 1926. Insignia in silver gilt with light blue, dark blue, light green, dark green and yellow enamels, mounted to a six pointed silver gilt base, measuring 66. 5 mm (w) x 75. 3 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Mehdauia (Order of Guidance) was instituted on August 18, 1926 and became obsolete in 1956.