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'''Order of the Medjidie''' ({{lang-ota|نشانِ مجیدیه}}, August 29, 1852 – 1922<ref>[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}}</ref>) is a [[military]] and civilian [[Order (distinction)|order]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Medjidie |volume=18 |page=69}}</ref> The Order was instituted in 1851 by [[Ottoman Sultan|Sultan]] [[Abdulmejid I]].<ref>''The Americana'', Vol.15, Ed. Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines, (1912);[https://books.google.com/books?id=451PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PT589]</ref>
'''Order of the Medjidie''' ({{langx|ota|نشانِ مجیدیه}}, August 29, 1852 – 1922<ref>[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}}</ref>) was a [[military]] and civilian [[Order (distinction)|order]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Medjidie |volume=18 |page=69}}</ref> The order was instituted in 1851 by [[Ottoman Sultan|Sultan]] [[Abdulmejid I]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>


==History==
==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.
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.
The order was often conferred on non-Turkish nationals.


==Design of the Order==
==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.
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|thumb|left|First Class Order]]
[[File:Mecidi 1Kl.jpg|thumb|left|First Class Order]]


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Owners of the order:
Owners of the order:
* First Class Order (Gold) - 50 people (Given by Sultan)
* First Class Order (Gold) – 50 people (given by Sultan)
* Second Class Order (Gold) - 150 people (Given by Sultan)
* Second Class Order (Gold) – 150 people (given by Sultan)
* Third Class Order (Gold) - 800 people
* Third Class Order (Gold) – 800 people
* Fourth Class Order (Gold) - 3,000 people
* Fourth Class Order (Gold) – 3,000 people
* Fifth Class Order (Silver) - 6,000 people
* Fifth Class Order (Silver) – 6,000 people


== Some notable recipients ==
== Some notable recipients ==
[[File:Distribution of the Medjidie, After the Battle of Citate.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Distribution of the Medjidie, after the [[Battle of Cetate]] (1854)]]
[[File:Order of the Medjidie awarded to Major Rodolph De Salis of the 8th Hussars.jpg|thumbnail|upright|Order of the Medjidie awarded to Major Rodolph De Salis (1811-1880) of the 8th Hussars]]
[[File:Order of the Medjidie awarded to Major Rodolph De Salis of the 8th Hussars.jpg|thumbnail|100px|Order of the Medjidie awarded to Major Rodolph De Salis (1811-1880) of the 8th Hussars.]]
[[File:Distribution of the Medjidie, After the Battle of Citate.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Distribution of the Medjidie, after the [[Battle of Cetate]] (1854)]]
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* [[Carol Davila]]
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* [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], Scottish author
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* [[Louis Pasteur]], French chemist and microbiologist<ref>{{cite web|title=II. Abdülhamid'in Fransız kimyagere yaptığı yardım ortaya çıktı|url=http://www.cnnturk.com/turkiye/ii-abdulhamidin-fransiz-kimyagere-yaptigi-yardim-ortaya-cikti?page=1|publisher=CNN Türk|access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>
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* [[Emanuel Stross]], Wholesaler<ref>{{cite web|title=Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon
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*Grocholski Tadeusz
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* [[Oswald Longstaff Prowde]], English civil engineer on [[Aswan Low Dam]]


==References==
==References==
===Citations===
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
==Further reading==
* ''The Americana'', Vol.15, Ed. Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines, 1912.
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*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}}
*[http://grocholski.pl/pl/grocholski-tadeusz-przemyslaw-michal-1839-1913/ About Tadeusz Grocholski] (in Polish)

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*ERMAN, M.Demir, (2023) Osmanlı-Türk Madalya ve Nişanları 1801-1923 The Ottoman-Turkish Medals and Orders- {{ISBN|978-605-87186-0-9}}
== External links ==
== External links ==
{{commons category|Order of the Medjidie}}
* {{commons category-inline|Order of the Medjidie}}


[[Category:Military awards and decorations of the Ottoman Empire|Medjidie]]
[[Category:Military awards and decorations of the Ottoman Empire|Medjidie]]

Latest revision as of 10:39, 22 November 2024

For the city in Romania, see Medgidia.
Order of the Medjidie
Arms of the Order of the Medjidie
TypeOrder
Awarded forOutstanding services to the state by foreign nationals
CountryOttoman Empire
Presented by Ottoman Sultan
EligibilityCivilians and military
StatusNo longer awarded
Established1851
First awarded1851
Last awarded1917
Ribbon bar of the medal

Order of the Medjidie (Ottoman Turkish: نشانِ مجیدیه, August 29, 1852 – 1922[1]) was a military and civilian order of the Ottoman Empire.[2] The order was instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdulmejid I.[3]

History

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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

[edit]

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.

First Class Order

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

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Order of the Medjidie awarded to Major Rodolph De Salis (1811-1880) of the 8th Hussars
Distribution of the Medjidie, after the Battle of Cetate (1854)

References

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  1. ^ Bir Onurlandırma Aracı olarak Osmanlı Nişan ve Madalyaları Archived 2012-05-22 at the Wayback Machine, Osmanlı Bankası Arşiv ve Araştırma Merkezi. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Medjidie" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 69.
  3. ^ Frederick Converse Beach; George Edwin Rines, eds. (1912). "Turkey". The Americana. Vol. 15.
  4. ^ İslam mecmuası. Issues 1-18 (1914), p. 350
  5. ^ "Grocholski Tadeusz Przemysław Michał (1839–1913)", grocholski.pl (in Polish)
  6. ^ "II. Abdülhamid'in Fransız kimyagere yaptığı yardım ortaya çıktı". CNN Türk. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  7. ^ J[osef] Mentschl (2010). "Stross, Emanuel (1841–1913), Großhändler". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon ab 1815 (online) (in German). Vol. 13. Austrian Academy of Sciences. pp. 424–425.

Further reading

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  • 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
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