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Order of Ouissam Alaouite

January 15, 2024

The Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Arabic: الوسام العلوي الشريف) or the Sharifian Order of Al-Alaoui[citation needed] is a military decoration of Morocco which is bestowed by the King of Morocco upon those civilians and military officers who have displayed heroism in combat or have contributed meritorious service to the Moroccan state. The decoration was established on 11 January 1913 in replacement of the Order of Ouissam Hafidien. It is awarded in five classes: Grand Cordon (Grand cordon), Grand Officer (Grand Officier), Commander (Commandeur), Officer (Officier) and Knight (Chevalier).[1]

Order of Ouissam Alaouite
الوسام العلوي الشريف
Grand Cordon Extraordinary grade (golden star) set of the Order
Awarded by The King of Morocco
Established11 January 1913
Royal houseAlaouite
Religious affiliationIslam
Awarded forDisplaying heroism in combat or contributing meritorious service to the Moroccan state
StatusCurrently constituted
SovereignKing Mohammed VI
GradesGrand Cordon
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight
Precedence
Next (higher)Order of Muhammad
Next (lower)Order of Fidelity

Ribbon bar of the Order

The Order of Ouissam Alaouite is similar to the Legion of Merit, awarded by the United States military.

History edit

 
The 1913 to 1934 Knight of the Order of Ouissan Alaouite Medal.

The order of Ouissam Alaouite was created during the colonial period. The French authorities in Morocco considered it necessary to have the power to bestow an official honour or decoration in response to loyal service; and they wanted to avoid over-burdening the bureaucracy of the order of the Légion d'Honneur in Paris.[2] The ribbon of the order during this period was a shade of orange[3] or pumpkin-coloured.[4] In 1934, a white stripe was added on each side of the ribbon.

During the Second World War, the Order of Ouissam Alaouite was bestowed frequently on United States military personnel who had participated in the planning and execution of Operation Torch, the invasion of French Morocco. Morocco was a protectorate of France from 1912 to 1956, and the decoration was bestowed frequently on French military officers during that period.

After Moroccan independence in 1956, the Alawid Order became a prerogative of the Alawid King and his heirs. The Order continues through the present day, the original medal and the 1934's ribbon unchanged.

Ribbons (1913–1934)
 
Knight
 
Officer
 
Commander
 
Grand Officer
 
Grand Cordon
Ribbons (1934–present)
 
Knight
 
Officer
 
Commander
 
Grand Officer
 
Grand Cordon

Recipients edit

Samuel Clarkson Ellis, MD

1943 ceremony edit

 
Moroccan decree (dahir) which proclaims and confirms that the Order of Oissam Alaouite is conferred on Ernesto Burzagli in 1922.

In the opening scene of the film Patton, George C. Scott, portraying then-Major General Patton, is shown receiving the Grand Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite. This was no mere Hollywood contrivance. Under Patton's command, Allied forces took Casablanca after only four days of fighting. So impressed was the Sultan of Morocco that he presented Patton with the special Order of Ouissam Alaouite, with the citation: "Les Lions dans leurs tanières tremblent en le voyant approcher" (The lions in their dens tremble at his approach).[15] Patton wryly described the ceremony as a "non-military activity,"[18] but in his memoirs, he does not fail to note the Operation Torch staff officers who were similarly honored on that occasion.[4]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Emering, Edward. "Morocco". The Medal Hound. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ^ Bidwell, Robin Leonard. Morocco Under Colonial Rule, p. 89.
  3. ^ Wyllie, Robert E. (1921). Orders, Decorations and Insignia, Military and Civil: With the History and Romance of Their Origin and a Full Description of Each, p. 135.
  4. ^ a b Patton, George. (1995), The War as I Knew It, p. 34.
  5. ^ . Archived from the original on 21 March 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Team Trump wins rare recognition: Kushner, Berkowitz, Scavino". Washington Examiner. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  7. ^ (PDF). Solar Impulse. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Décoration de plusieurs personnalités de Ouissams royaux à l'occasion de la Fête du Trône". maroc.ma. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Décoration de plusieurs personnalités de Ouissams royaux à l'occasion de la Fête du Trône". maroc.ma. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  10. ^ Sebastian, Shevlin (16 February 2015). "The Joy of Art". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  11. ^ Bouju, Marie-Cécile (2 October 2021), "MESLI Abdelkader", Le Maitron (in French), Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier, retrieved 25 October 2023
  12. ^ "Décoration de plusieurs personnalités de Ouissams royaux à l'occasion de la Fête du Trône". maroc.ma. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Décoration de plusieurs personnalités de Ouissams royaux à l'occasion de la Fête du Trône". maroc.ma. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Décoration de plusieurs personnalités de Ouissams royaux à l'occasion de la Fête du Trône". maroc.ma. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  15. ^ a b Time. 29 March 1943.
  16. ^ "L'ex-ambassadrice d'Australie au Maroc décorée du Wissam Alaouite de l'ordre de commandeur" (in French). Le Matin. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  17. ^ Cunningham, Andrew Browne. (1951). A Sailor's Odyssey: The Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, p. 541.
  18. ^ Blumenson, Martin. (1996). The Patton Papers, p. 156.

References edit

  • Bidwell, Robin Leonard. (1973). Morocco Under Colonial Rule: French Administration of Tribal Areas, 1912–1956. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7146-2877-6
  • Wyllie, Robert E. (1921). Orders, Decorations and Insignia, Military and Civil: With the History and Romance of Their Origin and a Full Description of Each. New York: G. P. Putnam.
  • Rousseau, Pierre. (2005) Ordres et décorations de l'Empire chérifien au temps du Protectorat français au Maroc (1912–1956). Versailles: Mémoire & Documents. ISBN 978-2-914611-30-5; OCLC 60513643
  • Décret royal n° 199-66 du 1er ramadan 1386 (14 décembre 1966) portant création des ordres du Royaume – website of the government of Morocco (in French)

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The Order of Ouissam Alaouite Arabic الوسام العلوي الشريف or the Sharifian Order of Al Alaoui citation needed is a military decoration of Morocco which is bestowed by the King of Morocco upon those civilians and military officers who have displayed heroism in combat or have contributed meritorious service to the Moroccan state The decoration was established on 11 January 1913 in replacement of the Order of Ouissam Hafidien It is awarded in five classes Grand Cordon Grand cordon Grand Officer Grand Officier Commander Commandeur Officer Officier and Knight Chevalier 1 Order of Ouissam Alaouiteالوسام العلوي الشريفGrand Cordon Extraordinary grade golden star set of the OrderAwarded by The King of MoroccoEstablished11 January 1913Royal houseAlaouiteReligious affiliationIslamAwarded forDisplaying heroism in combat or contributing meritorious service to the Moroccan stateStatusCurrently constitutedSovereignKing Mohammed VIGradesGrand Cordon Grand Officer Commander Officer KnightPrecedenceNext higher Order of MuhammadNext lower Order of FidelityRibbon bar of the OrderThe Order of Ouissam Alaouite is similar to the Legion of Merit awarded by the United States military Contents 1 History 2 Recipients 3 1943 ceremony 4 Notes 5 ReferencesHistory edit nbsp The 1913 to 1934 Knight of the Order of Ouissan Alaouite Medal The order of Ouissam Alaouite was created during the colonial period The French authorities in Morocco considered it necessary to have the power to bestow an official honour or decoration in response to loyal service and they wanted to avoid over burdening the bureaucracy of the order of the Legion d Honneur in Paris 2 The ribbon of the order during this period was a shade of orange 3 or pumpkin coloured 4 In 1934 a white stripe was added on each side of the ribbon During the Second World War the Order of Ouissam Alaouite was bestowed frequently on United States military personnel who had participated in the planning and execution of Operation Torch the invasion of French Morocco Morocco was a protectorate of France from 1912 to 1956 and the decoration was bestowed frequently on French military officers during that period After Moroccan independence in 1956 the Alawid Order became a prerogative of the Alawid King and his heirs The Order continues through the present day the original medal and the 1934 s ribbon unchanged Ribbons 1913 1934 nbsp Knight nbsp Officer nbsp Commander nbsp Grand Officer nbsp Grand CordonRibbons 1934 present nbsp Knight nbsp Officer nbsp Commander nbsp Grand Officer nbsp Grand CordonRecipients editSamuel Clarkson Ellis MDThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Albert I of Belgium 5 Anthony Bailey PR advisor John Edwin Bircher III Paul Biya Pele Prince Dominique de La Rochefoucauld Montbel Luc Chatel Wesley Clark Ernest J Dawley Paul Doury Emile Joseph Duzer Thomas Scheen Falck Mohamed Habib Gherab Jean Gilles French Army officer Edvard Hambro Rene Imbot Jared Kushner 6 Jean Joseph soldier Hubert Lyautey Andre Malraux Mohamed El Mansour Harry McLear Miguel Angel Moratinos Saint Just Pequart Francisco Perez Perez Bertrand Piccard 7 Luis Planas Rene Pleven Michel Raingeard Elliott Roosevelt Dominique Strauss Kahn Arthur Tedder 1st Baron Tedder Jurgen Tonsmann Charles Tordjman Louis Vannier Geoffrey Weston Officers Mhamed Ben Abboud 8 Dimitri Amilakhvari Robert Chastel 9 Paul Arnaud de Foiard Vanessa Branson 10 Henri Honore d Estienne d Orves Abdelkader Mesli 11 Pier Antonio Panzeri 12 Xavier Rolet Yuri Senkevich Michael Zaoui 13 Yoel Zaou 14 Knights Gustave Daladier Ayoub Qanir Ibrahim Latif Grand Crosses Abbas II of Egypt Kenneth Anderson British Army officer Henry H Arnold Bảo Đại Jean Bedel Bokassa Mark W Clark Henri Claudel Rachida Dati Dwight D Eisenhower Ferdinand Foch Jaime Gama Alexander Godley Fortune FitzRoy Duchess of Grafton Henrik Prince Consort of Denmark Charles Huntziger Joseph Joffre Alphonse Juin Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Marie Pierre Kœnig Jacques Lanxade Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Lucien Loizeau Margrethe II of Denmark Pakubuwana X George Marshall Muhammad VIII al Amin George S Patton 15 Friis Arne Petersen Jean Bernard Raimond Thomas T Riley Jagatjit Singh Walter Bedell Smith Witold Spirydowicz Jan Syrovy Maxime Weygand Wu Bangguo Commanders Marcel Alessandri Georges Berge Gaston Billotte Pierre Billotte Irina Bokova Thierry Breton Jerome Champagne Pierre Clostermann Jean Paul David Alain Delon Harold D Harris Antoine Hure Georges Journois Curtis LeMay Richard Lugar John A Lynn John McCain Manoel de Oliveira Berenice Owen Jones 16 Yves Pouliquen Ridley Scott Oliver Stone Peter Sutherland Joseph Vuillemin Grand Officers Cristian Barros Prince Dominique de La Rochefoucauld Montbel Avi Berkowitz 6 Ines de Bourgoing Ernesto Burzagli Eugene Claudius Petit Willy Coppens Andrew Cunningham 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope 17 Jean Philippe Douin Robert de Foy Ernest N Harmon Thor Heyerdahl Raoul Magrin Vernerey Maurice Pelle Benoit Puga Josef Snejdarek Mariano Hugo Prince of Windisch Graetz1943 ceremony edit nbsp Moroccan decree dahir which proclaims and confirms that the Order of Oissam Alaouite is conferred on Ernesto Burzagli in 1922 In the opening scene of the film Patton George C Scott portraying then Major General Patton is shown receiving the Grand Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite This was no mere Hollywood contrivance Under Patton s command Allied forces took Casablanca after only four days of fighting So impressed was the Sultan of Morocco that he presented Patton with the special Order of Ouissam Alaouite with the citation Les Lions dans leurs tanieres tremblent en le voyant approcher The lions in their dens tremble at his approach 15 Patton wryly described the ceremony as a non military activity 18 but in his memoirs he does not fail to note the Operation Torch staff officers who were similarly honored on that occasion 4 Notes edit Emering Edward Morocco The Medal Hound Retrieved 26 September 2013 Bidwell Robin Leonard Morocco Under Colonial Rule p 89 Wyllie Robert E 1921 Orders Decorations and Insignia Military and Civil With the History and Romance of Their Origin and a Full Description of Each p 135 a b Patton George 1995 The War as I Knew It p 34 Albert Archived from the original on 21 March 2007 a b Team Trump wins rare recognition Kushner Berkowitz Scavino Washington Examiner 16 January 2021 Retrieved 17 January 2021 Bertrand Piccard Biography PDF Solar Impulse Archived from the original PDF on 20 January 2013 Decoration de plusieurs personnalites de Ouissams royaux a l occasion de la Fete du Trone maroc ma 30 July 2014 Retrieved 27 February 2023 Decoration de plusieurs personnalites de Ouissams royaux a l occasion de la Fete du Trone maroc ma 30 July 2014 Retrieved 27 February 2023 Sebastian Shevlin 16 February 2015 The Joy of Art The New Indian Express Retrieved 25 August 2022 Bouju Marie Cecile 2 October 2021 MESLI Abdelkader Le Maitron in French Paris Maitron Editions de l Atelier retrieved 25 October 2023 Decoration de plusieurs personnalites de Ouissams royaux a l occasion de la Fete du Trone maroc ma 30 July 2014 Retrieved 27 February 2023 Decoration de plusieurs personnalites de Ouissams royaux a l occasion de la Fete du Trone maroc ma 30 July 2014 Retrieved 27 February 2023 Decoration de plusieurs personnalites de Ouissams royaux a l occasion de la Fete du Trone maroc ma 30 July 2014 Retrieved 27 February 2023 a b Man Under a Star Time 29 March 1943 L ex ambassadrice d Australie au Maroc decoree du Wissam Alaouite de l ordre de commandeur in French Le Matin 23 February 2021 Retrieved 6 July 2022 Cunningham Andrew Browne 1951 A Sailor s Odyssey The Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope p 541 Blumenson Martin 1996 The Patton Papers p 156 References editBidwell Robin Leonard 1973 Morocco Under Colonial Rule French Administration of Tribal Areas 1912 1956 London Routledge ISBN 978 0 7146 2877 6 Wyllie Robert E 1921 Orders Decorations and Insignia Military and Civil With the History and Romance of Their Origin and a Full Description of Each New York G P Putnam Rousseau Pierre 2005 Ordres et decorations de l Empire cherifien au temps du Protectorat francais au Maroc 1912 1956 Versailles Memoire amp Documents ISBN 978 2 914611 30 5 OCLC 60513643 Decret royal n 199 66 du 1er ramadan 1386 14 decembre 1966 portant creation des ordres du Royaume website of the government of Morocco in French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Order of Ouissam Alaouite amp oldid 1194085376, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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