The Order of Honor Star is one of Egypt's highest military decorations. It is awarded to the officers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers of the

Egyptian Armed Forces The Egyptian Armed Forces ( arz, القُوّات المُسَلَّحَة المِصْرِيَّة, alquwwat almusalahat almisria) are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt. They consist of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Navy, Egypti ...

for performing acts of extraordinary gallantry and intrepidity in direct combat with the enemy.

Privileges and courtesies

The Order confers special privileges on its recipients. The recipients have several benefits: * A monthly reward of twenty thousand Egyptian pounds, the recipients retains the monthly reward for the duration of his service and if he is transferred to a civilian job and also when he is referred to the pension. * The education of his children is free of charge in various stages of education in all state-owned schools, colleges and institutions and are exempted from admission requirements with respect to age and total scores.

Most prominent star recipients

Ahmad Ismail Ali Ahmad Ismail Ali ( ar, أحمد إسماعيل علي) (14 October 1917 – 26 December 1974) was the Commander-in-Chief of Egypt's army and minister of war during the October War of 1973, and is best known for his planning of the attack across ...

Abdul Munim Riad Abdul Munim Riad ( ar, ;عبد المنعم رياض 22 October 1919 – 9 March 1969) was a general and chief of staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Riad commanded the Jordanian forces in the 1967 Six-Day War and later commanded Egyptian forc ...

Saad el-Shazly Saad el-Din Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly ( ar, سعد الدين محمد الحسيني الشاذلي, )‎ (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011)was an Egyptian military commander. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the October War. F ...

Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy ( ar, محمد عبد الغني الجمسي, 9 September 1921 – 7 June 2003) was an Egyptian Field Marshal (Mushir) and the Commander in Chief of The Armed Forces. He has been called "one of the architects of the ...

Ahmed Badawi Ahmed Badawi Sayyid Ahmed (Arabic: أحمد بدوي سيد أحمد) was an Egyptian Field Marshal (Mushir) and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. Early life Ahmed Badawy was born in the coastal city of Alexandria in 1927. He s ...

* Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala *

Hosni Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. Before he entered politics, Mubarak was a career officer in t ...

References

Orders, decorations, and medals of Egypt Awards established in 1957 1957 establishments in Egypt {{Orders-medals-stub