Order of Saints Olga and Saint Sophia

Grand Cross

Ribbon

The Order of Saint Olga and Saint Sophia ( Greek Βασιλικό οικογενειακό τάγμα Αγίων Όλγας και Σοφίας Vasiliko ikogeniako tagma Agion Olgas ke Sofia , Royal Family Order of Saint Olga and Sophia ') was established in 1936 by King George II. Of Greece Greek commemorating the Queens Olga and Sophia and, out of respect to the Orthodox Saints Olga and Sophia, donated as house and family orders for women and awarded exclusively to women. It is the counterpart to the order of Saints George and Saint Constantine , which is reserved for men.

Order classes

• Grand Cross
• II class
• III. class
• IV class

Order decoration

The medal of the 1st and 2nd class is a gold medallion in the middle of which there is a white enamelled cross with a red border. On the horizontal arms of the cross the portraits of Saint Olga and Saint Sophia. The inscription ΑΓΓΑ ΣΟΦΙΑ ΑΓΓΑ ΟΛΓΑ(Saint Sophia Saint Olga) all around in a blue enameled ring . The upper cross arm is surmounted by a mantua crown in the hoop .

The order decoration of the III. and IV. Class is a crowned medallion with a white enameled Greek cross in the middle. In the middle of the cross a small medallion with the portrait of the two saints. Surrounding the upper openwork semicircle, alternating three hearts and two lions. In the lower blue enameled semicircle the above-described inscription. The IV class medallion is made of silver .

Carrying method

The grand cross is carried on a sash from the left shoulder to the right hip and with an eight-pointed breast star . The medals of the II., III. and IV. Class are worn on a lady's bow on the right side of the chest. The second class also has a breast star.

The ribbon is dark blue with small horizontal white side stripes.

Others

The king is the grand master of the order, which since 1973 has only been awarded as a house order of the royal family.

All insignia of the order must be returned after the owner's death.

literature

• Paul Ohm Hieronymussen: Handbook of European orders in colors . Universitas Verlag, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-8004-0948-8

Web links

• Presentation of the royal orders by the descendants of the Greek royal family. (PDF; 1014 kB; Greek)