Order of the Medjidie

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]

  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.