Morocco, Spanish Protectorate. An Order of Mehdauia, Grand Officer's Star, c.1945
Orden de la Mehdauia, Wissam al-Mahdawiya. Instituted in 1926. Insignia in silver gilt with light blue, dark blue, light green, dark green and yellow enamels, mounted to a six-pointed silver gilt base, measuring 66.5 mm (w) x 75.3 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, intact enamels, extremely fine.
Footnote: The Order of Mehdauia (Order of Guidance) was instituted on August 18, 1926 and became obsolete in 1956.

