Elisabeth Order
The Order of Elizabeth was on 17 September in 1898 by Emperor I Franz Joseph the first and only women's Order of Merit of Austria-Hungary in honor of St. Elizabeth of Hungary donated. At the same time, it served in memory of Empress Elisabeth, who was murdered in Geneva on September 10, 1898 . It could be awarded to all women, regardless of their status or religion, whether married or single, as a reward for services that were acquired in various professions or in other ways for the general good in the religious, charitable and philanthropic areas.
Order classes
The medal consisted of the following classes and was awarded as follows:
| class | Native women | Foreign women | total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Cross | 36 | 45 | 81 |
| 1st class with a star (from April 30, 1918) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| I. class | 274 | 58 | 332 |
| II class | 462 | 38 | 500 |
| Elisabeth Cross (from April 30, 1918) | 1 | 1 | |
| Elisabeth Medal | 163 | 45 | 208 |
The first Grand Cross , the foundation of which was originally planned for December 2, 1898 (50 years of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I), was awarded to Countess Irma Sztáray , last lady-in-waiting of Empress Elisabeth, on September 17 of that year . The first class with a star and the Elisabeth Cross were donated by imperial handwriting on April 30, 1918, hence the small number of women who wore them.
Order decoration
The medal is a golden equal-armed cross, the arms of which are stylized lily blossoms. Each flower is in three parts, the two outer leaves are red, the middle white enamel. Roses made of green enameled leaves and red flowers are embedded between the arms of the cross. In the white medallion of the cross, the bust of St. Elisabeth turned to the right can be seen on the front and a golden rose with the initial E (Elisabeth) on the back .
Others
After the death of the entrusted, the medals and the statutes had to be returned to the chancellery.
With the end of the monarchy in 1918, the order expired.
See also
literature
- Christian Ortner , Georg Ludwigstorff: Austria's medals and decorations. Part I: The imperial-royal orders until 1918. Verlag Militaria , Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-902526-81-6 .
- Christian Ortner : The (Imperial Austrian) Elisabeth Order . In: Orders and Medals. The magazine for friends of phaleristics. Ed .: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde , issue 108, 19th year, Gäufelden 2017. ISSN 1438-3772.
- Johann Stolzer (Hrsg.), Christian Steeb (Hrsg.): Österreichs Orden. From the Middle Ages to the present. Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz 1996, ISBN 3-201-01649-7 , pp. 189–193.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Elisabeth Order. (With illustration). In: Wiener Bilder , No. 39/1898 (3rd volume), September 25, 1898, p. 7, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .
- ^ Wiener Zeitung v. May 7, 1918 .