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href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Շքանշան – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Շքանշան" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden" title="Orden – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Orden" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hun-chiong" title="Hun-chiong – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hun-chiong" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Ордэн – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ордэн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Орден – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Орден" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyznamen%C3%A1n%C3%AD" title="Vyznamenání – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vyznamenání" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdd_(anrhydedd)" title="Urdd (anrhydedd) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Urdd (anrhydedd)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden_(udm%C3%A6rkelse)" title="Orden (udmærkelse) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Orden (udmærkelse)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden_und_Ehrenzeichen" title="Orden und Ehrenzeichen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Orden und Ehrenzeichen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden" title="Orden – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Orden" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden_(distinci%C3%B3n)" title="Orden (distinción) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Orden (distinción)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordeno_(honora)" title="Ordeno (honora) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ordeno (honora)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="نشان افتخار – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نشان افتخار" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordre_honorifique" title="Ordre honorifique – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ordre honorifique" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9B%88%EC%9E%A5" title="훈장 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="훈장" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Շքանշան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շքանշան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odlikovanja" title="Odlikovanja – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Odlikovanja" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanda_kehormatan" title="Tanda kehormatan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tanda kehormatan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordine_(istituzione)" title="Ordine (istituzione) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ordine (istituzione)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ორდენი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ორდენი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Орден – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Орден" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Орден – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Орден" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_meriti" title="Ordo meriti – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ordo meriti" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinas" title="Ordinas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ordinas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit%C3%BCntet%C3%A9s" title="Kitüntetés – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kitüntetés" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjah_kebesaran" title="Darjah kebesaran – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Darjah kebesaran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%B9%B3%CC%86ng-ci%C5%8Fng" title="Hṳ̆ng-ciŏng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Hṳ̆ng-ciŏng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8B%B2%E7%AB%A0" title="勲章 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="勲章" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Орден – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Орден" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden_(utmerkelse)" title="Orden (utmerkelse) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Orden (utmerkelse)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%92rdre_d%27onor" title="Òrdre d'onor – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Òrdre d'onor" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden" title="Orden – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Orden" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order" title="Order – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Order" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordem_(distin%C3%A7%C3%A3o)" title="Ordem (distinção) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ordem (distinção)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Орден – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Орден" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Уордьан – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Уордьан" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdhri" title="Urdhri – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Urdhri" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rad_(vyznamenanie)" title="Rad (vyznamenanie) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Rad (vyznamenanie)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" 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class="sidebar-below"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Azure%2C_a_bend_Or.svg/14px-Azure%2C_a_bend_Or.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Azure%2C_a_bend_Or.svg/22px-Azure%2C_a_bend_Or.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Azure%2C_a_bend_Or.svg/29px-Azure%2C_a_bend_Or.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Heraldry" title="Portal:Heraldry">Heraldry portal</a></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output 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navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Heraldic_achievement" title="Template:Heraldic achievement"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Heraldic_achievement" class="mw-redirect" title="Template talk:Heraldic achievement"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Heraldic_achievement" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Heraldic achievement"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>An <b>order</b> is a visible <a href="/wiki/Honour" title="Honour">honour</a> awarded by a <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign state</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">monarch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">dynastic house</a> or <a href="/wiki/Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Organisation">organisation</a> to a person, typically in recognition of individual <a href="/wiki/Meritocracy" title="Meritocracy">merit</a>, that often comes with distinctive <a href="/wiki/Insignia" title="Insignia">insignia</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Collar_(order)" title="Collar (order)">collars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medal" title="Medal">medals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Badge" title="Badge">badges</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sash" title="Sash">sashes</a> worn by recipients. </p><p>Modern honour systems of <a href="/wiki/State_order" title="State order">state orders</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dynastic_order" title="Dynastic order">dynastic orders</a> emerged from the culture of <a href="/wiki/Orders_of_chivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders of chivalry">orders of chivalry</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, which in turn emerged from the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_religious_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic religious order">Catholic religious orders</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word order (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">ordo</i>), in the case referred to in this article, can be traced back to the <a href="/wiki/Chivalric_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Chivalric order">chivalric orders</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Military_order_(society)" class="mw-redirect" title="Military order (society)">military orders</a>, which in turn trace the name of their organisation back to that of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_religious_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic religious order">Catholic religious orders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHieronymussenLundø19687_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHieronymussenLundø19687-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Orders began to be created <i><a href="/wiki/Ad_hoc" title="Ad hoc">ad hoc</a></i> and in a more courtly nature. Some were merely honorary and gradually the <i>badges</i> of these orders (i.e. the association) began to be known informally as <i>orders</i>. As a result, the modern distinction between <i>orders</i> and <i>decorations</i> or <i>insignia</i> has become somewhat blurred. While some <i>orders</i> today retain the original notion of being an association or society of individuals, others make no distinction, and an "order" may even be the name of a decoration. </p><p>Most historic chivalric orders imply a membership in a group, typically a <a href="/wiki/Confraternity" title="Confraternity">confraternity</a>. In a few exclusive European orders, membership is or was also limited in number. Decorations seldom have such limitations. Orders often come in multiple classes, including <a href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">knights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dame" title="Dame">dames</a> in imitation of the original chivalric orders.<sup id="cite_ref-decorations_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decorations-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Modern national orders, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_merit" title="Order of merit"> orders of merit</a>, and decorations, emerged from the culture of chivalric orders established in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, originally the military orders of the Middle Ages and the <a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a>, who in turn grew out of the original Catholic religious orders.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHieronymussenLundø19687_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHieronymussenLundø19687-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While these chivalric orders were "societies, fellowships and colleges of knights",<sup id="cite_ref-SGC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SGC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> founded by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> or European monarchs in imitation of the military orders of the Crusades, granting membership in such societies gradually developed into an honour that could be bestowed in recognition of service or to ensure the loyalty of a certain <a href="/wiki/Clientele" class="mw-redirect" title="Clientele">clientele</a>. Some of modern Europe's highest honours, such as the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece" title="Order of the Golden Fleece">Order of the Golden Fleece</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter" title="Order of the Garter">Order of the Garter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Elephant" title="Order of the Elephant">Order of the Elephant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Thistle" title="Order of the Thistle">Order of the Thistle</a>, were created during that era. They were essentially courtly in nature, characterised by close personal relations between the orders' members and the orders' sovereign. </p><p>In the contemporary era, 96% of the world's states – 196 out of a sample of 204 polities, which includes sovereignty-claiming entities like <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_of_Abkhazia" title="Minister for Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a> – were found to use Orders to bestow them upon their own citizens and, as a diplomatic tool, upon foreigners. In total, 133 states even regulate the use of Orders in their constitutions. Only Switzerland, Micronesia, Libya, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, and the Seychelles do not seem to confer official civil orders of merit.<sup id="cite_ref-NP_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NP-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orders_by_fount_of_honour">Orders by fount of honour</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Orders by fount of honour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fount_of_honour" title="Fount of honour">Fount of honour</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_orders">State orders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: State orders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/State_order" title="State order">State order</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Empty_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section is empty.</b> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dynastic_orders">Dynastic orders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dynastic orders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dynastic_order" title="Dynastic order">Dynastic order</a></div> <p>By the time of the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>, most European monarchs had either acquired an existing order of chivalry, or created new ones of their own, to reward loyal civilian and especially military officials. Such orders remained out of reach to the general public, however, as being of noble rank or birth was usually a prerequisite to being admitted. </p><p>In the 18th century, these ideas gradually changed and the orders developed from "honourable societies" to visible honours. An example of this gradual development can be seen in two orders founded by <a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresa_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Maria Theresa of Austria">Maria Theresa of Austria</a>. While the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Maria_Theresa" title="Military Order of Maria Theresa">Military Order of Maria Theresa</a> (1757) was open to any deserving military officer regardless of social origin, and would grant titles of nobility to those who did not already have them, the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Stephen_of_Hungary" title="Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary">Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary</a> (1764) still required that one had to have at least four generations of noble ancestors. </p><p>Still today, many dynastic orders are granted by royal families to worthy individuals for service and achievements.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHieronymussenLundø196810–11_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHieronymussenLundø196810–11-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orders_by_type">Orders by type</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Orders by type"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orders_of_chivalry">Orders of chivalry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Orders of chivalry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_chivalry" title="Order of chivalry">Order of chivalry</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Military_orders">Military orders</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Military orders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Military_order_(monastic_society)" class="mw-redirect" title="Military order (monastic society)">Military order (monastic society)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Empty_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section is empty.</b> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orders_of_merit">Orders of merit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Orders of merit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_merit" title="Order of merit">Order of merit</a></div> <p>In 1802 <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> created the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Legion of Honour</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHieronymussenLundø1968132_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHieronymussenLundø1968132-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which could be awarded to any person, regardless of status,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHieronymussenLundø19689_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHieronymussenLundø19689-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for bravery in combat or for 20 years of distinguished service. While still retaining many trappings of an order of chivalry, it was the first modern national order of merit and is still <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>'s highest award today. The French Legion of Honour served as the model for numerous modern orders of merit in the <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western world</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_(Belgium)" title="Order of Leopold (Belgium)">Order of Leopold</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> (1832) and the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Order of the British Empire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> (1917). Orders of merit based on the French Legion of Honour typically retain five classes in accordance with habits of chivalric orders. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Communist_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist countries">communist countries</a>, orders of merit usually come in one to three grades, with only a <a href="/wiki/Badge" title="Badge">badge</a> worn with or without a <a href="/wiki/Ribbon" title="Ribbon">ribbon</a> on the chest. An example of a communist order of merit was the one-class <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Lenin" title="Order of Lenin">Order of Lenin</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> (1930). Unlike Western orders, however, communist orders could be awarded more than once to an individual. After the <a href="/wiki/Revolutions_of_1989" title="Revolutions of 1989">collapse of the Soviet Bloc</a> in the 1990s, most Eastern European countries reverted to the Western-style orders originally established before the rise of communism. </p><p>Today, many countries have some form of order of merit or national decorations. Both <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Elephant" title="Order of the White Elephant">Order of the White Elephant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Rising_Sun" title="Order of the Rising Sun">Order of the Rising Sun</a> are over 100 years old. In <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and some Commonwealth Realms, the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit" title="Order of Merit">Order of Merit</a> is the highest civilian honour. Canada has the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a> and provincial orders such as the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Order of Nova Scotia">Order of Nova Scotia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> has the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Australia" title="Order of Australia">Order of Australia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> awards the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_New_Zealand" title="Order of New Zealand">Order of New Zealand</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Order_of_Merit" title="New Zealand Order of Merit">New Zealand Order of Merit</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Mapungubwe" title="Order of Mapungubwe">Order of Mapungubwe</a> is the highest honour in <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Luthuli" title="Order of Luthuli">Orders of Luthuli</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Baobab" title="Order of the Baobab">Baobab</a> exist alongside other decorations. The <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> awards the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> to members of its military for acts of valour, and the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Gold_Medal" title="Congressional Gold Medal">Congressional Gold Medal</a> to civilians. The <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a> is the only United States decoration which may be issued in award degrees (much like an order of chivalry or certain orders of merit), but award degrees are only made to foreign nationals, typically senior military officers or government officials. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> does not award any orders. Article 12 of the <a href="/wiki/1848_Swiss_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="1848 Swiss Constitution">1848 Swiss Constitution</a> prohibited the acceptance of honours and titles by Swiss citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Constitution" title="Swiss Federal Constitution">The current Constitution of 1999</a> has no specific prohibition, but a federal statute effectively continues the prohibition by barring holders of foreign orders from holding public office. This practice has become common across the globe (albeit other countries usually issue a general prohibition to accept foreign orders, allowing for generous exceptions).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia, for instance, bans the acceptance of honors from other sovereigns unless the honorific order comes from a list of countries specified in a regulation.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974 the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Sweden">Cabinet of Sweden</a> passed a <a href="/wiki/Delegated_legislation" class="mw-redirect" title="Delegated legislation">regulation</a> forbidding the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Sweden" title="Monarchy of Sweden">monarch of Sweden</a> from awarding membership in orders to Swedish citizens. The orders themselves were not abolished, but only the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_the_Seraphim" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Order of the Seraphim">Royal Orders of the Seraphim</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Polar_Star" title="Order of the Polar Star">Polar Star</a> (both established in 1748) continued to be awarded, and only to foreign citizens and stateless individuals. In 1995 the regulation was altered, allowing the monarch to bestow the two remaining active orders to members of the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_royal_family" title="Swedish royal family">Swedish royal family</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally, in 2022, the 48-year-old regulation was repealed by the Swedish Government, the orders were re-opened to Swedish citizens, and the two dormant orders (<a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Sword" title="Order of the Sword">Sword</a> and <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Vasa" title="Order of Vasa">Vasa</a>) were revived, with effect from 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Modern orders are usually open to all citizens of a particular country, regardless of status, sex, race or creed; there may be a minimum age for eligibility. Nominations are made either by private citizens or by government officials, depending on the country. An order may be revoked if the holder is <a href="/wiki/Convicted" class="mw-redirect" title="Convicted">convicted</a> of a crime or <a href="/wiki/Renunciation_of_citizenship" title="Renunciation of citizenship">renounces citizenship</a>. Some people nominated for an award refuse it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ecclesiastical">Ecclesiastical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ecclesiastical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_decoration" title="Ecclesiastical decoration">Ecclesiastical decoration</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Empty_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section is empty.</b> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_orders,_awards_and_decorations" class="mw-redirect" title="Military orders, awards and decorations">Military orders, awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_awards_and_decorations" title="Civil awards and decorations">Civil awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_decoration" title="Ecclesiastical decoration">Ecclesiastical decoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fraternal_order" title="Fraternal order">Fraternal order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_order" title="Religious order">Religious order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phaleristics" title="Phaleristics">Phaleristics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_orders_of_merit" title="Socialist orders of merit">Socialist orders of merit</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_(distinction)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_master_(order)" title="Grand master (order)">Grand master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chancellor" title="Chancellor">Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer" title="Treasurer">Treasurer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assessor_(law)" title="Assessor (law)">Assessor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailiff_(order)" title="Bailiff (order)">Bailiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prior_(ecclesiastical)" title="Prior (ecclesiastical)">Prior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain#Other" title="Chaplain">Chaplain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_of_ceremonies" title="Master of ceremonies">Master of ceremonies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Cross" title="Grand Cross">Grand Cross</a><i>/Grand Cordon</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_(order)" title="Commander (order)">Commander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_chivalry#Typical_insignia_and_ranks" title="Order of chivalry">Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Hospitaller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">Knight</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dame" title="Dame">Dame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postulant" title="Postulant">Postulant</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Squire" title="Squire">Squire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Page_(servant)" title="Page (servant)">Page</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jurisdiction" title="Jurisdiction">Jurisdictions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Charter#Order_charter" title="Charter">Charter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailiwick" title="Bailiwick">Bailiwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapter_(religion)" title="Chapter (religion)">Chapter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandery" title="Commandery">Commandery</a></li> <li><i><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_military_decorations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of highest military decorations">List of highest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_medal" title="Campaign medal">Campaign medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_awards_and_honors" title="List of law enforcement awards and honors">Law enforcement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Civil_awards_and_decorations" title="Civil awards and decorations">Civilian</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_awards_and_decorations" title="List of civil awards and decorations">List</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_for_contributions_to_society" title="List of awards for contributions to society">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_peace_prizes" title="List of peace prizes">Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_intellectual_freedom_awards" title="List of intellectual freedom awards">Intellectual freedom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_human_rights_awards" title="List of human rights awards">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_legal_awards" title="List of legal awards">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_humanitarian_and_service_awards" title="List of humanitarian and service awards">Humanitarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_politics_awards" title="List of politics awards">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volunteer_awards" class="mw-redirect" title="List of volunteer awards">Volunteer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_for_contributions_to_culture" title="List of awards for contributions to culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_architecture_awards" title="List of architecture awards">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_art_awards" title="Lists of art awards">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_film_awards" title="List of film awards">Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_history_awards" title="List of history awards">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_literary_awards" title="List of literary awards">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_award" title="Music award">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_philosophy_awards" title="List of philosophy awards">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_poetry_awards" title="List of poetry awards">Poetry</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/Insignia" title="Insignia">insignia</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_named_after_people" title="List of awards named after people">Named after <br />people</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">For wearing<br /><i>(decorations)</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Formal_wear" title="Formal wear">Formal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Collar_(order)" 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id="Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_by_country" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Orders</a>, decorations, and <a href="/wiki/Medal" title="Medal">medals</a> by country</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Algeria" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Angola&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Angola (page does not exist)">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Botswana" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Burundi" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Cameroon" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Eswatini" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Ethiopia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Egypt" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_The_Gambia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of The Gambia (page does not exist)">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Ghana" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Kenya" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Lesotho" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Malawi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Malawi (page does not exist)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Morocco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Morocco (page does not exist)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Mozambique" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Namibia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Nigeria" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Republic of the Congo (page does not exist)">Republic of the Congo</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_ordres,_d%C3%A9corations_et_m%C3%A9dailles_de_la_r%C3%A9publique_du_Congo" class="extiw" title="fr:Liste des ordres, décorations et médailles de la république du Congo">fr</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Rwanda" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Senegal" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Sierra_Leone" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Somalia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Somaliland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Somaliland (page does not exist)">Somaliland</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_South_Africa" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_South_Sudan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of South Sudan (page does not exist)">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Sudan" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Tanzania" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Uganda" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Zambia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Zambia (page does not exist)">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Zimbabwe" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Bophuthatswana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Bophuthatswana (page does not exist)"> Bophuthatswana</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Ciskei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Ciskei (page does not exist)">Ciskei</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Rhodesia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_South_West_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of South West Africa (page does not exist)"> South West Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Transkei" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Transkei">Transkei</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Venda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Venda (page does not exist)"> Venda</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Sultanate_of_Zanzibar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (page does not exist)"> Zanzibar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_post-nominal_letters_(Antigua_and_Barbuda)" title="List of post-nominal letters (Antigua and Barbuda)">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Argentina" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Argentina">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Barbados" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Condor_of_the_Andes" title="Order of the Condor of the Andes">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Brazil" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Canada" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada">Canada</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Canadian_provinces" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces">Provinces</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Chile" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Chile">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_military_decorations" title="Colombian military decorations">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Cuba" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Dominica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Dominica (page does not exist)">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Ecuador&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Ecuador (page does not exist)">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Grenada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Grenada (page does not exist)">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Guyana" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Guyana">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Jamaica" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Mexico" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico">Mexico</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_decorations_of_Mexico" title="Military decorations of Mexico">Military</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Nicaragua&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Nicaragua (page does not exist)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Order_of_Merit_(Paraguay)" title="National Order of Merit (Paraguay)">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Sun_of_Peru" title="Order of the Sun of Peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_United_States" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_civil_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States" title="Lists of civil awards and decorations of the United States">Civil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_law_enforcement_decorations" title="United States law enforcement decorations">Police</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Uruguay" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venezuelan_honours_system&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Venezuelan honours system (page does not exist)">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Imperial_Orders" title="Mexican Imperial Orders">Mexican Empire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Armenia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Republic_of_Artsakh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Republic of Artsakh (page does not exist)">Artsakh</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Azerbaijan" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Bangladesh" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Military_awards_and_decorations_of_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Military awards and decorations of Bangladesh">Military</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Brunei" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Cambodia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_China" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of China">China</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Decorations_and_medals_of_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Decorations and medals of Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decorations_and_medals_of_Macau" class="mw-redirect" title="Decorations and medals of Macau">Macau</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_East_Timor" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of East Timor">East Timor</a></li> <li>India <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_India" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of India">Civil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the Indian Armed Forces">Military</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Indonesia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Israel" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Japan" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Japan">Japan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces_Service_Ribbon" title="Japan Self-Defense Forces Service Ribbon">Self-Defense Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Kazakhstan" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Kuwait" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Kyrgyzstan" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Lebanon" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Laos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Laos (page does not exist)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Malaysia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Malaysia">Malaysia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Malaysian_states_and_federal_territories" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Malaysian states and federal territories">States</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Maldives&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Maldives (page does not exist)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Mongolia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Myanmar" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_North_Korea" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Oman" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Oman">Oman</a></li> <li>Pakistan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_decorations_of_Pakistan" title="Civil decorations of Pakistan">Civil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Pakistan_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces">Military</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_State_of_Palestine" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the State of Palestine">Palestine</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Philippines" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Singapore" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_South_Korea" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prizes,_medals,_and_awards_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of prizes, medals, and awards in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Sri Lanka">Civil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_awards_and_decorations_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Sri_Lanka_Police" title="Awards and decorations of the Sri Lanka Police">Police</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Republic of China">Taiwan</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Tajikistan" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Thailand" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Turkey" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Turkmenistan" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of United Arab Emirates (page does not exist)">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Uzbekistan" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_awards_and_decorations" class="mw-redirect" title="Vietnam awards and decorations">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Manchukuo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Manchukuo (page does not exist)">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_South_Vietnam" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_British_India" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of British India">British Raj</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_United_Kingdom#Imperial_orders" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom">Imperial Orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaisar-i-Hind_Medal" title="Kaisar-i-Hind Medal">Kaisar-i-Hind Medal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy_Service_Medal" title="Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal">European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations_and_medals_of_Abkhazia" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations and medals of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations_and_medals_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations and medals of Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Andorra" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Austria" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Belarus" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Belgium" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations_and_medals_of_Republika_Srpska" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations and medals of Republika Srpska">Republika Srpska</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Bulgaria" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Croatia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Cyprus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Cyprus (page does not exist)">Cyprus</a></li> <li>Czech Republic <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_decorations_of_the_Czech_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="State decorations of the Czech Republic">Civil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_awards_and_decorations_of_the_Czech_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Military awards and decorations of the Czech Republic">Military</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Denmark" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Estonia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Estonia">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Finland" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_France" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Georgia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Germany">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_German_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the German Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_German_states" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the German states">States</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Greece" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Holy_See" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See">Holy See</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Hungary" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_honours_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish honours system">Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_awards_and_decorations_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Military awards and decorations of Ireland">Military</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Italy" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Kosovo" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Kosovo">Kosovo</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Latvia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Liechtenstein" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Lithuania" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Luxembourg" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Malta" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Moldova" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Monaco" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Monaco">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Montenegro" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Netherlands" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_North_Macedonia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Northern_Cyprus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Northern Cyprus (page does not exist)">Northern Cyprus</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Norway" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Poland" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Portugal" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Romania" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Russia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Serbia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Slovakia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Slovenia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Spain" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_South_Ossetia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta">Sovereign Military Order of Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Sweden" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_awards_and_decorations_of_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Military awards and decorations of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Transnistria" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Transnistria">Transnistria</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Turkey" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Ukraine" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Ukraine">Ukraine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Ukrainian_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces">Military</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Military awards and decorations of the United Kingdom">Military</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Austria-Hungary" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Kingdom_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Bulgaria">Kingdom of Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Bulgarian_People%27s_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Bulgarian People's Republic">Bulgarian People's Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Czechoslovakia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Czechoslovakia (page does not exist)">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li>Germany <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_German_Empire" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the German Empire">Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_German_states" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the German states">German states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Nazi_Germany" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany">Nazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_East_Germany" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of East Germany">East</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Independent State of Croatia">Independent State of Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Kingdom_of_Italy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Italy (page does not exist)">Kingdom of Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Italian_states&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Italian states (page does not exist)">Italian states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Hungary">Kingdom of Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Hungarian_People%27s_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Hungarian People's Republic (page does not exist)">Hungarian People's Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Polish_People%27s_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Polish People's Republic">Polish People's Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Kingdom_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Romania">Kingdom of Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Socialist_Republic_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Socialist Republic of Romania">Socialist Republic of Romania</a></li> <li>Yugoslavia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">SFR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">FR</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Soviet_Republics" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Republics">Republics</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_honours_and_awards_system" title="Australian honours and awards system">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Kiribati" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Kiribati">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijian_honours_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Fijian honours system">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_royal_honours_system" title="New Zealand royal honours system">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niue_National_Awards" title="Niue National Awards">Niue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_honours_system" title="Papua New Guinea honours system">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Samoa" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_Solomon_Islands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of the Solomon Islands (page does not exist)">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Tonga" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Tuvalu" class="mw-redirect" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Hawaii" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_civilian_awards_by_country" title="List of highest civilian awards by country">Highest civilian awards by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_military_decorations_by_country" title="List of highest military decorations by country">Highest military decorations by country</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wound_decorations_by_country" title="List of wound decorations by country">Wound decorations by country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_scouting_awards_by_country" title="List of highest scouting awards by country">Highest scouting awards by country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:lightsteelblue;"><div><span style="position: relative; top: 0. 2em;"><sup><small>1</small></sup></span><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">Partially recognised country</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="/wiki/List_of_family_name_affixes" title="List of family name affixes">Affixes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nobiliary_particle" title="Nobiliary particle">Nobiliary particle</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By sequence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_name" class="mw-redirect" title="First name">First name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_name" title="Middle name">Middle name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surname" title="Surname">Last name</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By trait</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diminutive" title="Diminutive">Diminutive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double-barrelled_name" title="Double-barrelled name">Double-barrelled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epithet" title="Epithet">Epithet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animal_epithet" title="Animal epithet">Animal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_people_by_epithet" title="Lists of people by epithet">Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plant_epithet" title="Plant epithet">Plant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eponym" title="Eponym">Eponymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matronymic" title="Matronymic">Matronymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metonymy" title="Metonymy">Metonymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mononymous_person" class="mw-redirect" title="Mononymous person">Mononymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupational_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupational name">Occupational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patronymic" title="Patronymic">Patronymic</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Patronymic_surname" title="Patronymic surname">Surname</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobriquet" title="Sobriquet">Sobriquet</a></li> <li><a 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title="Necronym">Necronym</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posthumous_name" title="Posthumous name">Posthumous name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_name" title="Temple name">Temple name</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Placeholder_name" title="Placeholder name">Placeholder name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Notname" title="Notname">Notname</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regnal_name" title="Regnal name">Regnal name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slave_name" title="Slave name">Slave name</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">Pseudonyms</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_pseudonyms" title="List of pseudonyms">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_name" title="Art name">Art name</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bug%C5%8D" title="Bugō">Bugō</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickname" title="Nickname">Nicknames</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_nicknames" title="Lists of nicknames">list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypocorism" title="Hypocorism">Hypocorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_by_nickname" title="List of monarchs by nickname">Monarchs</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nom_de_guerre" class="mw-redirect" title="Nom de guerre">Nom de guerre</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pen_name" title="Pen name">Pen name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heteronym_(literature)" title="Heteronym (literature)">Heteronym</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shikona" title="Shikona">Shikona</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stage_name" title="Stage name">Stage name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stage_names" title="List of stage names">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_one-word_stage_names" title="List of one-word stage names">Mononyms</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Username" class="mw-redirect" title="Username">Username</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By culture<br /><a href="/wiki/Surnames_by_country" title="Surnames by country">Surnames by country</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_cultural_sphere" class="mw-redirect" title="East Asian cultural sphere">East Asian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amami_name" title="Amami name">Amami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_name" title="Chinese name">Chinese</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Courtesy_name" title="Courtesy name">Courtesy</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Art_name" title="Art name">Art</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Generation_name" title="Generation name">Generation</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Chinese_titles" title="Chinese titles">Titles</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_name" title="Japanese name">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_name" title="Korean name">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchu_name" title="Manchu name">Manchu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinawan_name" title="Okinawan name">Okinawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_customs_of_Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples" title="Naming customs of Taiwanese indigenous peoples">Indigenous Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_name" title="Vietnamese name">Vietnamese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern Asia<br />and Central Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalmyk_name" title="Kalmyk name">Kalmyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_name" title="Mongolian name">Mongolian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakut_names" class="mw-redirect" title="Yakut names">Sakha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_name" title="Tibetan name">Tibetan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Muslim_world" title="Muslim world">Muslim world</a><br />and Western Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_name" title="Afghan name">Afghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_name" title="Arabic name">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_name" title="Azerbaijani name">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_name" title="Bengali name">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berber_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berber name (page does not exist)">Berber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic name">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_name" title="Mandaean name">Mandaean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_name" title="Pakistani name">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashtun_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashtun name">Pashtun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_name" title="Persian name">Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_names" title="Sindhi names">Sindhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_name" title="Somali name">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatar_name" title="Tatar name">Tatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_name" title="Turkish name">Turkish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_kinship" title="Australian Aboriginal kinship">Australian Aboriginal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijian_name" title="Fijian name">Fijian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_name" title="Hawaiian name">Hawaiian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_naming_customs" title="Māori naming customs">Māori</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akan_names" title="Akan names">Ashanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_naming_customs" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo naming customs">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_conventions_in_Eritrea_and_Ethiopia" title="Naming conventions in Eritrea and Ethiopia">Eritrean and Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewe_language#Naming_system" title="Ewe language">Ewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_name" title="Ghanaian name">Ghanaian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_name" title="Igbo name">Igbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_name" title="Yoruba name">Yoruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwean_names" title="Zimbabwean names">Zimbabwean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Australasia" title="Australasia">Australasia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_name" title="Albanian name">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_name" title="Armenian name">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_surname#Ashkenazi_Jewry" title="Jewish surname">Ashkenazi Jewish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basque_surnames" title="Basque surnames">Basque</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Estonian_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Estonian name (page does not exist)">Estonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_name" title="Finnish name">Finnish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_name" title="Georgian name">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_name" title="Greek name">Greek</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_personal_names" title="Ancient Greek personal names">Ancient Greek</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Greek_Cypriot_name" title="Greek Cypriot name">Cypriot</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_names" title="Hungarian names">Hungarian</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Baltic_languages" title="Baltic languages">Baltic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_name" title="Latvian name">Latvian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_name" title="Lithuanian name">Lithuanian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Celtic_onomastics" title="Celtic onomastics">Celtic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_surnames" title="Cornish surnames">Cornish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_name" title="Irish name">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manx_surnames" title="Manx surnames">Manx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_name" title="Scottish Gaelic name">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_surnames" title="Welsh surnames">Welsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Germanic_name" title="Germanic name">Germanic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_name" title="Dutch name">Dutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_name" title="English name">English</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Naming_in_the_United_States" title="Naming in the United States">American</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/African-American_names" title="African-American names">African-American</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Canadian_name" title="Canadian name">Canadian</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_name" title="Hong Kong name">Hongkongese</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_name" title="German name">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_name" title="Gothic name">Gothic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_name" title="Icelandic name">Icelandic</a></li> <li><a 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