Morocco, Spanish Protectorate. An Order of Mehdauia, Commander’s Star, by Cravanzola Auction Footnote: The Order of the

Footnote: The Order of the Republic was instituted in 1953 and awarded for valuable services to Egypt

Josef Novk was born in March 1890

reverse with the inscription NATIONAL MEDAL FOR SVCCESS IN ART AWARDED BY THE SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT

set within a silvered zink alloy oak leaf wreath

Morocco, Spanish Protectorate. An Order of Mehdauia, Commander’s Star, by Cravanzola Auction Footnote: The Order of the(Wissam al Mahdawiya). Instituted in 1926. Four piece construction, in silver gilt with bluish green, ultramarine blue, white and yellow enamels, reverse offers a vertical pinback with dual stays, central cartouche of CRAVANZOLA, marked with Italian silversmith 66 and TO city mark, with 800 silver fineness mark, measuring 66. 5 mm (w) x 76. 4 mm (h), weighs 70. 1 grams, enamels intact, lovely patina, better than extremely fine.