France, Colonial Somaliland. An Order Nichan El-Anouar, Officer, C.1930 Newly Listed to prepare for overseas service

to prepare for overseas service in the French theatre

he was attached for duty to the Canadian Report Centre in Paris

20122632 Private First Class Joseph Thomas Butler

1940 at the Non-Permanent Active Militia Training Centre No

two weeks after the D-Day Invasion

France, Colonial Somaliland. An Order Nichan El-Anouar, Officer, C.1930 Newly Listed to prepare for overseas service(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.