Egypt, Kingdom. An Order Of The Nile, Iii Class Commander Case, By Lattes Newly Listed 5th Class - Bronze gilt

5th Class - Bronze gilt

maker marked " 'EL ORO'  J

having died of wounds on the Eastern Front shortly before his 30th birthday on 20 August 1943

Footnote: Johann Georg Heinlein was born on March 6

1925 in Dutton

Egypt, Kingdom. An Order Of The Nile, Iii Class Commander Case, By Lattes Newly Listed 5th Class - Bronze gilt(Nishan al Nil). Instituted in 1915. Wooded framed on both the lid and base, with a midnight blue fabric exterior, the bottom covered in a midnight blue thatched paper, the lid bearing the Royal crown and cypher, along with the Arabic numeral for "3", the inside of the lid lined in white satin and padded, a white ribbon inscribed in running script with the "Maison Lattes Le Rosen & Co. Le Caire" maker's mark in the upper left corner, with a circular