Order of the Star of Anjouan
The Order of the Star of Anjouan ( fr. Ordre de l'Étoile d'Anjouan ) was founded in 1874 by Sultan Mohamed Saïd Omar as a military and civil merit order based on the model of the French Legion of Honor . On September 12, 1896, the order was adopted as a so-called colonial order in the French order system. By decree of the French President Vincent Auriol , it was renamed the Order of the French Overseas Territories (fr. Ordre de la France d'Outre-mer) on September 1, 1950 . With the foundation of the French National Order of Merit, the award of the Order of the Star of Anjouan was discontinued.
Order classes
The order consists of five classes
After the acceptance into the French order system, conditions were attached to the award of the order. According to this, the person to be honored had to be able to prove a period of at least three years of service in the French colonies of the Indian Ocean ( Comoros , Madagascar , Réunion ), or to have made special contributions to these colonies in metropolitan France.
On July 14, 1933, the statutes were changed so that to be awarded the age of 29 and a minimum of nine years of colonial service had to be proven.
Order decoration
The medal is an eight-pointed gold star and shows an outstretched hand in the white enamelled medallion over a horizontally lying crescent moon. Furthermore are Arabic characters to see. Around the medallion is a ring with the inscription ORDRE ROYAL DE ÉTOILE D'ANJOUAN COMORES (Royal Order of the Star of Anjouan).
Carrying method
The way of wearing the order was based on the Legion of Honor. The grand cross was worn on a sash from the right shoulder to the left hip and with an enlarged medal as a breast star on the left side of the chest. Grand officers decorated the award on the ribbon on the left side of the chest with a rosette and a breast star on the right side of the chest. Commanders wore the medal of neck . Officers and knights wore the award on the ribbon on the left side of the chest. Officers additionally with a rosette on the ribbon.
The ribbon was originally red with white stripes. Since the resemblance to the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor was too great, it was decided on December 5, 1899 to use a light blue ribbon with two narrow orange stripes.
- Ribbon buckles of the Order of the Star of Anjouan
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
commander
officer
Knight
Known porters
- Michel Abalan (1920–2000), officer and colonial administrator - officer's cross
- Barcourgné Courmo (1916–1993), politician - Knight's Cross
- Théophile Tellier (1872–1955), Colonial Administrator - Knight's Cross
literature
- André Damien: Les Ordres de Chevalerie et les Décorations. Éditions Mémoire et Documents, ISBN 2-914611-05-6 .