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
 * Atef al-Sadat
 * Abdul Wahab Jamal al-Din
 * Hosni Mubarak