Name with diamonds

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The badge of honor name with diamonds was an award in the Kingdom of Hanover . Court ladies were honored for their services at court. The founder was King Ernst August .

Order decoration

The decoration of the order was a compilation of the initials of the king and his wife and showed the letters EAFR for Ernst August, Friederike Regus, set with diamonds . A crown set the letters. On the cross, the orb on the crown center the carrying eye was for the ribbon attached.

Ribbon and way of wearing

The award was worn over the left shoulder on the blue commander's ribbon of the Guelph Order .

literature

  • The book of orders of knights and decorations: history, description and illustrations of the insignia of all orders of knights, Carl Muquardt, Brussels / Leipzig 1848, p. 400, panel G-Fig. 3
  • H. Schulze: Chronicle of all known knight orders and decorations awarded by sovereigns and governments, together with images of the decorations , Moeser and Kühn / Carl Lindow, Berlin 1870, volume 2, p. 146, p. 144 panel XIII Fig. 13