Object number
202409.1.4
Title
Order of Medjidie, First Class Order
Description
Order of Medjidie First Class Order, awarded to Colonel Sir Colin Campbell Scott-Moncrieff on his retirement from the Egyptian Service.
The Order consists of a Sash Badge and a Star. On the obverse of the Breast 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. This sits upon another seven-pointed star. On the reverse is a vertical pinback flanked by two dual prongs. In the centre is what may be a calligraphic monogram of the Sultan.
The Order of Medjidie is a military and civilian order of the Ottoman Empire and was instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdulmejid I.
Production period
Late Victorian, 1876-1901
Dimensions
- Height: 87 mm
- Width: 85 mm