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order of the Medjidie

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| country = Ottoman Empire

| type = Order

| eligibility = Civilians and military

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| established = 1851

| year = 1851

| year2 = 1917

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Order of the Medjidie ({{langx|ota|نشانِ مجیدیه}}, August 29, 1852 – 1922[http://www.obarsiv.com/dokumantasyon/numismatik/osmanli_nisan_madalya.html Bir Onurlandırma Aracı olarak Osmanlı Nişan ve Madalyaları] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522072815/http://www.obarsiv.com/dokumantasyon/numismatik/osmanli_nisan_madalya.html |date=2012-05-22 }}, Osmanlı Bankası Arşiv ve Araştırma Merkezi. {{in lang|tr}}) was a military and civilian order of the Ottoman Empire.{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Medjidie |volume=18 |page=69}} The order was instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdulmejid I.{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=The Americana|volume=15|editor1=Frederick Converse Beach|editor2=George Edwin Rines|year=1912|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=451PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PT589|title=Turkey}}

History

Instituted in 1851, the order was awarded in five classes, with the First Class being the highest. The order was issued in considerable numbers by Sultan Abdülmecid as a reward for distinguished service to members of the British Army and the Royal Navy and the French Army who came to the aid of the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War against Russia and to British recipients for later service in Egypt and/or the Sudan. In Britain it was worn after any British gallantry and campaign medals awarded, but, as an order, before foreign medals like the Turkish Crimean War medal. The order was usually conferred on officers but a few enlisted soldiers and sailors also received it in a lower class. During World War I it was also awarded to a number of German, Austrian and Bulgarian officers.

The order was often conferred on non-Turkish nationals.

Design of the order

On the obverse of the star is Sultan Abdülmecid's royal cipher surrounded by an inscription on a gold-bordered circle of red enamel; all on a star of seven triple quills with small crescents and five-pointed stars between them, suspended from a red enameled crescent and star suspender with green enameled edges.

File:Mecidi 1Kl.jpg

Rough translation of the front:

To the left: (you have) crossed.

To the right: (you are proven to be) correct.

At the top: (you have provided) protection.

At the bottom: Year 1268.

In the centre: In the name of the God the forgiver, the merciful.

The order has 5 classes. First, second, third and fourth classes are gold. Fifth (lower) class is silver.

Owners of the order:

  • First Class Order (Gold) – 50 people (given by Sultan)
  • Second Class Order (Gold) – 150 people (given by Sultan)
  • Third Class Order (Gold) – 800 people
  • Fourth Class Order (Gold) – 3,000 people
  • Fifth Class Order (Silver) – 6,000 people

Some notable recipients

File:Order of the Medjidie awarded to Major Rodolph De Salis of the 8th Hussars.jpg

File:Distribution of the Medjidie, After the Battle of Citate.jpg (1854)]]

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References

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Further reading

  • Erman, M. Demir, (2023) Osmanlı-Türk Madalya ve Nişanları 1801–1923 – The Ottoman-Turkish Medals and Orders (İMZALI) (in Turkish and English) {{ISBN|978-605-87186-0-9}}

External links

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Medjidie

Category:Crimean War

Category:1851 establishments in the Ottoman Empire

Category:Awards established in 1851

Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the Ottoman Empire