Order of Saint Tamara

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Order of St. Tamara (1st class; as it was awarded before 2009)
Medal awarded to Niko Nikoladze . Exhibited in the National Museum of Tbilisi

The Order of St. Tamara ( Georgian : თამარ მეფის ორდენი) was originally founded in 1915 by the Provisional Georgian Government and was intended to be awarded to members of the Georgian Legion . After the founding of the Democratic Republic of Georgia , the order was confirmed by Decree 5352 on December 13, 1918.

Since the funds of the provisional or later government were limited, the people entrusted with the medal only received a certificate of award and could have the decoration made at their own expense.

In total, the order was awarded about 2800 times and the most famous German bearers were General Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg and General Erich Ludendorff .

With the invasion of the Red Army in 1921, the kings of Georgia only awarded the house order from exile. When the head of the exiled family Prince Irakly Bagration (1909–1977) founded the six-tier house order "Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ", the order of Queen Tamara fell into oblivion.

In 2009, the head of the Georgian royal family Davit Bagrationi Mukhran Batonishvili reactivated the order. He gave him new statutes and declared him the second highest order of the royal family of Georgia.

Order decoration

The medal consists exclusively of an eight-pointed breast star . In the blue enamelled medallion on top, it shows the gold - plated portrait of St. Tamara , turned slightly to the right . All around the inscription ქართული ლეგიონი 1915 (Georgian Legion 1915). In the II. Class the medallion was gold-plated and without enamel, the III. Class is just silver-plated .

To distinguish it from the old order, the head of the royal Georgian family, Davit Bagrationi Mukhran Batonishvili, changed the sign of the order, which was reactivated in 2009. He had a royal crown placed on the breast star, above the medal with the enamel portrait of Queen Tamara. The new medal is only awarded in two classes, the class of knights in silver and senators in gold; there is a miniature each for both medal insignia. In the execution of the order for women or senators, the medal in silver or gold is attached to a loop. A miniature is also produced for this.

Carrying method

The award is worn on the left side of the chest. Instead of the medal, a red ribbon with a central stripe consisting of small black horizontal stripes could be attached to the strap buckle and worn with the uniform.

See also

literature

  • Kurt-Gerhard Klietmann : Ordenskunde. Contributions to the history of awards. No. 23, The Order Collection, Berlin 1964.

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