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Order of the Virtues (Egypt)

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Type
  
Order

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Order of Labour

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Order of Merit

Order of the Virtues (Egypt)

Awarded for
  
To women as an award for merit

Established
  
1915 Reestablished under the Republic: 1953

The Order of the Virtues (or Nishan al-Kamal) is a female Egyptian order of knighthood, as an award for merit.

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History

The Order was founded in 1915 and reestablished under the Republic in 1953.

Classes

The order is composed of the following classes of merit :

  • Supreme Class
  • 1st Class
  • 2nd Class
  • 3rd Class

    • Insignia

  • The ribbon is light grey with gold edges.

    • Notable recipients

  • Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom : Supreme class (1948)
  • Diana, Princess of Wales : Supreme class (1981)
  • Queen Sofía of Spain : Supreme class (1997)
  • Infanta Cristina of Spain : Supreme class (2000)
  • Queen Aishwarya of Nepal : Supreme class (1974)
  • Queen Noor of Jordan : Supreme class (1989)
  • Princess Fawzia of Egypt : Supreme class (1939)
  • Queen Nazli of Egypt : Supreme class (1917)
  • Queen Farida of Egypt : Supreme class (1938)
  • Queen Narriman of Egypt : Supreme class (1951)
  • Queen Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran : Supreme class (1939)
  • Princess Faiza of Egypt : Supreme class
  • Princess Faika of Egypt : Supreme class
  • Princess Fathia of Egypt : Supreme class

    • References

    Order of the Virtues (Egypt) Wikipedia
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