The Order of Olga ( German: Olga-Orden ) is a state award of the Kingdom of Württemberg , established by King Charles I on June 27, 1871 [1] , and named by him in honor of his wife, the Russian Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna , who led the aid organization during the Franco-Prussian War wounded soldiers.
| Order of Olga | |||
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| Olga-Orden | |||
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| A country | Kingdom of Wurttemberg | ||
| Type of | order | ||
| To whom is awarded | both sexes for charity and medical services during the Franco-Prussian War | ||
| Status | not awarded | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Established | June 27, 1871 | ||
| First award | 1871 year | ||
| Last reward | 1918 year | ||
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Basic Information
The order was established to award, first of all, women who took care of wounded soldiers during the Franco-Prussian War , in which Württemberg participated on the side of Prussia. "For outstanding merits in the field of voluntary and kind help, during war or peace, in recognition and memory, for awarding men, women and girls [2] ." The order had one degree.
Appearance.
The badge of the order in the form of a silver clover cross with black enamel inside the recesses on the sides of the cross, repeating its shape, and a red enamel cross in the center. The central silver medallion depicts the gilded monograms of the king and queen. On the back of the medallion is the date: "1870-1871." It was worn by men in the buttonhole of their uniforms, by the ladies on the left side of the chest on a bow of a black sash with raspberry stripes at the edges [3] .
Later, the Karl and Olga medal was established on a ribbon of the same colors, which, however, was not part of the order.
Gallery
Charles I with the sign of the order (cross between medals).
Notes
- ↑ Olga Order // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Württemberg 1892, S. 25
- ↑ Sovereign gentlemen. Foreign orders of Russian emperors. Catalog of the exhibition in the Moscow Kremlin. M., 2010.S. 110
Sources
- Tagore, Rajah Sir Sourindro Mohun. The Orders of Knighthood, British and Foreign. Calcutta, India: The Catholic Orphan Press, 1884.
- Maximilian Gritzner. Handbuch der Ritter- und Verdienstorden aller Kulturstaaten der Welt innerhalb des XIX. Jahrhunderts. Auf Grund amtlicher und anderer zuverlässiger Quellen zusammengestellt, Verlag: Leipzig, Verlagsbuchhandlung von JJ Weber, 1893.
- Jörg Nimmergut. Deutschland-Katalog, 2002.