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KINGDOM OF EGYPT, 1915. Present box in gold (18k),...

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KINGDOM OF EGYPT, 1915. Present box in gold (18k), rectangular and decorated in the center of its lid with the initials FH under the crown of the Sultanate of Egypt, in memory of the marriage of Princess Halima Halim of Egypt (1895-1972)* to Prince Fazil of Egypt, which was celebrated in Cairo in 1915, during the reign of Sultan Hussein Kamal Pasha (1914-1917), two years before the accession of King Fouad I. L. 8.3 cm; W. 5.5 cm Weight: 80.55 g. Foreign export hallmark *Full name at birth: Hadiga Halima Nüsret Ayashli (1895-1972), daughter of Princess Rukieh Halim, daughter of Prince Halim Pasha, son of the founder of the Mehemet Ali dynasty of Egypt. In 1915, she married Prince Fazil of Egypt and became Princess Osman Ahmed Fazil.