Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar

Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar
Awarded by  France
Type Order with five degrees:
Grand-croix (grand cross)
Grand officier (grand officer)
Commandeur (commander)
Officier (officer)
Chevalier (knight)
Status Deprecated 3 December 1963 by the Ordre National du Mérite
Statistics
Established October 1887
Precedence
Next (higher) Médaille militaire
Equivalent Ordre National du Mérite
Next (lower) Croix de guerre
JM Abdul Aziz (center medal)

The Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar (Arabic: Order of the Light) was established in 1887 as a colonial order of merit of the Tajurah sultanate in French Somaliland.

Notable recipients

References

    • Marc Champenois (9 August 2008). "Ordre du Nichan el-Anouar". Les décorations Francaises (in French). Retrieved 2009-02-06.
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