Latronibus Fugatis Securitas Restituta

The Cross of Honor Latronibus Fugatis Securitas Restituta is an award of the Papal States from the year 1816th

history

Founder was Pope Pius VII in 1816. This award was intended as a reward for officers , NCOs and soldiers who had excelled in “driving the robber rabble from the papal territory”.

Order decoration

The decoration of the order was made of gilded silver, enamelled in white and was engraved with the foundation reason Latronibus fugatis securitas restituta - "Security restored by expelling the robbers".

The decoration was also available in bronze for lesser merits.

The ribbon was evenly white-yellow-white. The award was worn on the left side of the chest.

literature

• Friedrich Marquis Guigue de Champvans de Farémont: History and legislation of the orders of knights, decorations and medals of the Holy See according to official sources. Edited by the Institut Historique et Hèraldique de France, Paris 1932, p. 24.
• H. Schulze, Chronicle of all known knight orders and decorations, which are awarded by sovereigns and governments, together with images of the decorations, Volume 1, Moeser and Kühn, Berlin 1853, pp. 601 and 1148

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bruno bm : DECORATIONS: PAPAL STATES - DECORATIONS OF HONOR ( EN ) In: allaboutheraldry.blogspot.de . January 24, 2015. Accessed July 26, 2019.