(Qiladat Fuad al-Awal). Instituted in 1936. Badge in bronze gilt with green enamels, in the shape of a shield and bearing the cypher of King Fuad I of Egypt (reign: 1936-1952), measuring 39 mm (w) x 75 mm (h), inclusive of its crescent moon and three star suspension.
The neck chain bears six large and six small iconic badges, three of each on either side, all of which are in bronze gilt with green enamels and incorporating an intricate design, the large badges measuring 33.5 mm (w) x 19.5 mm (h) each inclusive of their loops, the small badges measuring 24.3 mm (w) x 22 mm (h) each inclusive of their loops, the badges connected to one another via two strands of multi-link chain, the two ends of the collar chain connected to each other via a ring with a sliding release at the back of the wearer's neck, the chain measuring approximately 740 mm in length.
Intact enamels, light contact on the reverse of the badges, near extremely fine.
Footnote: The Collar of Fuad I (AKA Collar of Fouad I) was instituted in 1936 by King Farouk I, the son of King Fuad I and was discontinued in 1952. It was awarded to foreign Heads of State and similar notables in one grade. King Fuad I (March 26, 1868 - April 28, 1936; reign: 1922-1936) was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sultan of Egypt and Sudan in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Sultan Hussein Kamel. He substituted the title of King for Sultan when the United Kingdom recognized Egyptian independence in 1922. His name is sometimes spelled Fouad.
King Farouk I (February 11, 1920 - March 18, 1965; reign: 1936-1952) was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936. His full title was "His Majesty Farouk I, by the grace of God, King of Egypt and the Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, of Kordofan and of Darfur". He was overthrown in the 1952 military coup d'état and forced to abdicate in favour of his infant son, Ahmed Fuad, who succeeded him as Fuad II. He died in exile in Italy in 1965. His sister, Princess Fawzia Fuad, was the first wife and consort of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.