Czechoslovak presidential orders

[Carol I]

I have recently visited the Army Museum in Prague where the orders of the interwar Czechoslovak presidents are on display and I thought I should share with you the images of these orders.

 

 

Collar of the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia)

Grand Cross of the Order of Legion of Honour (France)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1921 and to Edvard Beneš in 1922

 

Uniform of the Order of Legion of Honour (France)

Attributed to Edvard Beneš

Grand Cross of the Order of St Mauritius and Lazarus (Italy)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1921

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy (Italy)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1921

 

Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of St Michael and St George (Great Britain)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1923

 

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (Great Britain)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1923

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown (Luxembourg)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1923

 

Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold (Belgium)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1923 and to Edvard Beneš in 1923

 

Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (Spain)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1924 and to Edvard Beneš in 1924

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Republic (Spain)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1935 and to Edvard Beneš in 1935

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1925

 

Grand Cross of the Polonia Restituta (Poland)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1925

Edited June 5, 2016 by Carol I

[Carol I]

 

1^st Class of the Honour Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (Austria)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1926

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1927 and to Edvard Beneš in 1933

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle (Yugoslavia)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1929

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Karageorge (Yugoslavia)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1920 and to Edvard Beneš in 1936

 

Grand Cross of the Order of Three Stars (Latvia)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1927 and to Edvard Beneš in 1927

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1928

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Rising Sun (Japan)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1928

 

Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Muhammad Ali (Egypt)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1928 and to Edvard Beneš in 1928

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Vatican)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1929

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas (Lithuania)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1929

 

Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ (Portugal)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1932

 

Grand Cross with Collar of the Military Order of St James of the Sword (Portugal)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1930 and to Edvard Beneš in 1933

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Eagle Cross (Estonia)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1931 and to Edvard Beneš in 1931

 

Grand Cross of the Order of St Charles (Monaco)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1934

 

Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (Mexico)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1935

 

Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Order of the White Elephant (Siam)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1935

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the White Elephant (Siam)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1935

 

1^st Class of the Order of the Brilliant Jade (China)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1936

 

1^st Class of the Order of the Propitious Cloud (China)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1947

 

Grand Cross of the Order of the Boyaca (Colombia)

Awarded to Tomáš G. Masaryk in 1937 and to Edvard Beneš in 1937

 

Grand Cordon of the Order of Pahlavi (Persia)

Awarded to Edvard Beneš in 1937

[922F]

Thank you for this stunning contribution!!

[paul wood]

The White Lion and Mohammed Ali are something else. Marvellous display.

Paul

[Megan]

Magnificent stuff, thank you for sharing!

[Carol I]

Thank you. I am glad that you liked it.

[Alex K]

Quite a stunning set of orders, good job he didn't have to wear them all at the same time!!