Order of Honor Star
# Order of Honor Star

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 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
* Abdul Munim Riad
* Saad el-Shazly
* Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
* Ahmed Badawi
* Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala
* Hosni Mubarak
