Order of Concord (Bayreuth)

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Order founder Christian Ernst Margrave of Bayreuth

The Order of Concord , also known as the Order of Concord in Bayreuth , was an order of knights in the Principality of Bayreuth .

The founder was Margrave Christian Ernst von Brandenburg-Bayreuth . The foundation date was June 15, 1660. The establishment took place in Bordeaux . It was an order of court honor.

The whereabouts of the order is unknown.

Order decoration

The decoration of the order formed an eight-pointed white enameled cross with a white ball on the cross tips. Four twisted C's were inserted in the angles . A round medallion, surrounded by a smooth ring with the inscription "Concordant", showed a goblet in the middle. Above it is a red crown on a gold band with blue decorations on a yellow ribbon. The letters С on the back. EMZB for Christian Ernst Markgraf zu Bayreuth under a princely hat and underneath the foundation date June 15, 1660.

Ramelsberg's description of the medal is slightly different; afterwards the decoration was "a golden square cross set with diamonds, meanwhile a white enamelled shield in the middle, whereupon two green olive branches, crossed by a golden crown, present themselves with the heading: 'Concordant'."

Ribbon and way of wearing

The knights wore the decoration on a red ribbon around their necks as a neck medal , according to other sources on a blue or yellow ribbon on their left arm.

literature

  • Aristide Michel Perrot, historical collection of all still existing knight orders of the different nations, Baumgärtnersche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1821, p. 169
  • Gustav Adolph Ackermann, Order book of all orders and decorations that have flourished and died in Europe, Rudolph and Dieterici, Annaberg 1855, p. 196

Individual evidence

  1. Aristide Michel Perrot, Historical Collection of all still existing knight orders of the different nations, Baumgärtnersche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1821, p. 169
  2. ^ Heinrich August Pierer, Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present or ..., Volume 4, Verlagbuchhandlung APPierer, Altenburg, 1858, p. 336