National Order of the Southern Cross

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Order of the Southern Cross, 1st and 2nd model
Queen Elizabeth II with the Order of the Southern Cross

The National Order of the Southern Cross (officially Portuguese Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul ) is the highest order of merit in Brazil for foreigners and was established on December 5, 1932 by President Getúlio Dornelles Vargas . The order is conferred by the Grand Master of the Order, the President of the Republic.

After more than 40 years of interruption, Vargas took this Order of Merit back into the Brazilian religious system , originally donated as Ordem Imperial do Cruzeiro by Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil on December 1, 1822 and ended in 1889 with the proclamation of the Republic.

Order classes

The order consists of five classes.

In addition to the Grand Cross, the medal, the highest distinction, can also be awarded with a Collane (Grande Colar).

Order decoration

Grand Cross. In addition to the badge shown on the ribbon, a breast star is awarded in this category.

The medal is a white-enamelled five-armed ten-pointed cross with a golden rim and small golden balls on the cross tips. A green enamelled laurel wreath is visible in the five cross angles, as the cross is placed on the wreath. The Brazilian imperial crown hovered over everything until the end of the monarchy. A support ring is attached to this. In the center round, gold medallion , the image of the donor is embossed on the front in gold. The medallion is set with a dark blue ring and is surrounded by the golden motto Petrus, Brasiliae Imperator. The back of the medallion shows the constellation Cross of the South formed from white stars on light blue enamel , which also gave it its name. The inscription in the dark blue ring is here Praemium bene Merentium.

Ribbon

The plain blue ribbon is worn over the right shoulder to the left in the 1st class (Grand Cross). Male grand officer and commander wear the order as a neck medal , officer and knight as a buckle on the left chest. Women wear the order of classes III-VI as a bow over the left breast, classes I and II as above.

Grand and Grand Officer's Cross are complemented by a gold, five-pointed star worn on the left breast. Star medallion and medallion back are the same. The crown over the additional star was gold.

Known porters

Others

There is also an order called "Southern Cross" among the Schlaraffen .

literature

  • Maximilian Gritzner : Handbook of the knight and merit orders of all civilized states of the world within the XIX. Century (= Weber's illustrated catechisms. Volume 146). Weber, Leipzig 1893, DNB 580026213 .

Web links

Commons : Order of the Southern Cross  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Konrad Adenauer: medals and decorations. Konrad Adenauer Foundation . Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Kölner Universitätsjournal 4/2002 ( Memento from November 9, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Noriega biography (PDF; 104 kB)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.acceconomicas.org.co
  4. ↑ Daisaku Ikeda - Curriculum Vitae.
  5. ↑ Brazil posthumously honors Zweig with the highest distinction. on: orf.at , December 18, 2017, accessed on December 19, 2017.
  6. ^ Pedro Peduzzi, Débora Brito: Brazil and Argentina agree to move closer to the Pacific Alliance . In: Agência Brasil . February 7, 2017 (English, com.br [accessed January 11, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Brazilian President Bolsonaro honors Netanyahu. In: Israelnetz .de. January 2, 2019, accessed January 18, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Bolsonaro concede Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul a Netanyahu. In: Veja . January 18, 2019, accessed January 18, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
  9. ↑ Statute of the Latin American Order of the Cockaigne  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.schlaraffia.org