Order of the Sun and Lion

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Order of the sun and lions, officer's cross, execution for foreigners
Ludwig Moser with the neck order of the III. Class (after 1908)

The Imperial Order of the Sun and Lions was founded in 1808 by Fath Ali Shah of Persia under the name Neshan-e-Shir-o-Khorschid as a military and civil order in honor of foreign representatives (and later extended to include Persians), who performed an extraordinary feat for Persia had provided. In 1925, under the Pahlavi dynasty , the award was continued under the name Homayoun Order ( Temssaal-e Homaayooni = portrait of the emperor / Shah) with new insignia, but based on the lion and sun motif, which the Persian rulers had used for centuries .

Classes

The order was initially set up in two classes, later expanded to five and a medal of merit in four stages.

Order decoration

A silver star with a round medallion with a colored enamelled lion in front of a rising sun.

In the highest classes, the star is set with diamonds . It also has different numbers of rays. Eight rays for the 1st class, seven for the II. And six for the III. Class. Officers and knights wore a five-pointed star. The main distinction is in the medallion. For citizens, the lion was standing and holding a sword , while for foreigners the lion is depicted lying down.

Ribbon and way of wearing

The ribbon for members of the court is blue, otherwise red or white and green for foreigners.

The first class wore a sash with a breast star over their shoulder , the second class wore a buttonhole and an additional star on their chest. The III. Class as a neck medal and the last two classes on the ribbon on the left side of the chest. The fourth grade ribbon forms a rosette.

literature

  • Maximilian Gritzner : Handbook of the knight and merit orders of all civilized states in the world . Weber, Leipzig 1893.
  • Entry in Meyers Konversationslexikon, author collective, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig and Vienna, fourth edition, 1885–1892.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see web link Qajar Orders and Decorations