French overseas orders
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By a decree of 1 September 1950, the Fifth French Republic set up two French overseas orders of knighthood (French:"Ordre de la France d' Outre-mer"):
These two orders were leftovers from the French colonial empire
in which distinctions in colonies such as Dahomey
or Comores were recorded in the French system of orders. Decolonisation and re-structuring of the French empire also necessitated changes in its system of orders.
Three other former colonial orders were added in 1896, as "orders of states associated with France" :
In 1963 the provision of all overseas orders was stopped, and they were replaced by the Ordre national du Mérite
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- Order of the Black Star
- Order of the Star of Anjouan
These two orders were leftovers from the French colonial empire
French colonial empire
The French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
in which distinctions in colonies such as Dahomey
Dahomey
Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...
or Comores were recorded in the French system of orders. Decolonisation and re-structuring of the French empire also necessitated changes in its system of orders.
Three other former colonial orders were added in 1896, as "orders of states associated with France" :
- Royal Order of CambodiaRoyal Order of CambodiaThe Royal Order of Cambodia was a French colonial chivalric order of knighthood in Colonial Cambodia, still in use in the kingdom of Cambodia.-Colonial:...
(Cambodia) - Order of the Dragon of Annam (Vietnam)
- Order of Nichan El-Anouar (Somaliland)
In 1963 the provision of all overseas orders was stopped, and they were replaced by the Ordre national du Mérite
Ordre National du Mérite
The Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...
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