Order of Ladies

As Dame north is called the Order , which donated for women and could only be worn by women.

A distinction can be made between three subdivisions of women's orders : House and state orders for women ; Order of the noble ladies' pens ; Crosses of some knightly orders .

Special features of the orders of women until 1918 were:

• that most of them had only one class and, although often equated with the Grand Cross , had no breast star;
• that they were worn on a lady's bow on the left breast.

Europe knows the following house and state orders for women :

Germany

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  • Princess Cross of the House Order of Albrecht the Bear
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  • Princess Cross of the House Order of Loyalty
• Bavaria
  • Order of Theresa
  • St. Anna Order (Munich)
  • Order of St. Anna (Würzburg)
  • Order of St. Elizabeth
• Braunschweig
  • Cross of Merit of Women
• Hessen-Darmstadt
  • Cross of the Order of Brabant
• Hohenzollern (principalities):
  • Bene Merenti Order , Ladies Department
• Lippe-Detmold
  • Bertha Order
• Prussia
  • Order of Louise
  • Cross of Merit for Women
  • Cross of Merit for women and virgins
• Saxony (Kingdom)
  • Sidonia Order
  • Maria Anna Order
• Saxony-Merseburg
  • Order of the Ladies of the Skull

other European countries

Bulgaria

• Order of Charity , Ladies Department

Denmark

• Ordre de l'union parfaite

Finland

• Order of the White Rose for women

Greece

• Order of Saints Olga and Saint Sophia

Great Britain

• Victoria and Albert Order

Italy

• Mantua
  • Maria Elisa Order of the Ladies

Austria

• Star Cross Order
• Elisabeth Order
• Order of the Slaves of Virtue

Portugal

• Order of Saint Elizabeth
• Order of Saint Isabella

Romania

• Bene Merenti Order of the Governing House , Department for Ladies
• Elisabeth Cross

Russia

• Russian Order of Saint Catherine

Breast star of Nişan-ı Şefkat

Sweden

• Order of Marie Eleonore

Serbia

• Order of Natalia

Spain

• Royal Order of Mary Louisen

Turkey

• Nişan-ı Şefkat

Non-European countries

Egypt

• Kemal Order of Ladies

Mexico

• San Carlos Order

Japan

• Order of the Noble Crown (Hokwansho)

Persia

• Solar order

literature

• Gustav Adolph Ackermann: Order book of all in Europe flourishing and extinct orders and decorations. Rudolph & Dieterici, Annaberg 1855, online .
• Arnhard Graf Klenau: European medals from 1700. VVA et al., Gütersloh et al. 1978, ISBN 3-921566-05-3 .
• Roman Freiherr von Procházka : Austrian Order Handbook. 4 volumes. 2nd revised and significantly increased edition, large edition. Klenau, Munich 1979.