Object number
202409.1.3
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 star shaped Sash Badge 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 enamelled crescent and star suspender with green enamelled edges. In the centre is what may be a calligraphic monogram of the Sultan. The ribbon is crimson and edged with green.
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: 60 mm
- Width: 60 mm