Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Mulazim Awal Ibrahim Effendi Kadri, Veterinary Corps, Egyptian Army

1914-15 Star (Mul: Awal: I. Kadry.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Mul. Awal I. Eff. Kadri) very fine (3) £70-90

M.I.D. London Gazette 6 July 1917: Ibrahim Effendi Kadri, 2nd Lt (Mulazim Tani), Egyptian Government Official (Ministry of Agriculture)
‘For gallant or distinguished conduct in the field, or for other valuable services, during the period 1 October 1916 to 28 February 1917’.

Ibrahim Effendi Kadri was educated at the Cairo Veterinary College and served with the Veterinary Corps, Egyptian Army, during the Great War, attached to the Camel Transport Corps. Six companies, each with 2030 camels, were formed for immediate service between December 1915 and March 1916, and the veterinary personnel attached to each company was one Egyptian Officer and 25 Teremegis (Bedouin camel men engaged and trained as veterinary dressers). Mentioned in Despatches by General Murray, Commander-In-Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Kadri was given the honorific ‘Effendi’ and advanced to the rank of Mulazim Awal (First Lieutenant).