Order of the Crescent

For the medieval Order of the Crescent, see Ordre du Croissant.

Imperial Order of the Crescent
نشانِ خلال
The star of the Order of the Crescent of the Ottoman Empire
TypeOrder of Merit
Awarded forMilitary service
Country Ottoman Empire
Presented by

Ottoman Sultan
EligibilityNon-muslims
StatusNo longer awarded
Established1799
Ribbon of the order
Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott - his Order of the Crescent, circled, is here painted the right way up.

The Imperial Order of the Crescent (Ottoman Turkish: نشانِ خلال) was a chivalric order of the Ottoman Empire.