Help Identify an Ottoman Naval Award?

[922F]

Could anyone identify the honor represented by the attached images?  The usual sources do not appear to include it.  Have seen it described by dealers as a 'superior' Ottoman naval award and [much less plausibly] as a sort of Medjidjie Order naval division.  The suspension, badge corpus and  motto ring obviously differ from Medjidjie exemplars.  Insignia seen to date include apparent 5th, 4th [rosette on ribbon], 3rd [neck ribbon] class and an [orphan?] star.   Just one 5th class piece included a Medjidjie type suspender.  None had typical zig-zag test marks or other apparent manufacturer marks.   

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2023 by 922F
spelchek

[demir]

Hi, 

It is not a Turkish award.

“Hilai'ür ahmer el frans” written on it. Meaning Red Crescent (red cross) of France (?). It may be Algerian award when it was a dominion of France.

Regards

Demir

[922F]

Thank you Demir!   

 

The badge and star corpus look similar to those of the Order of the Star of Anjouan--an award subsumed into the French colonial honor system and later incorporated by the Comore Republic.  That might fit well with insignia design and manufacture by a French producer.