Order of the Dragon of Annam
The Order of the Dragon of Annam ( fr. Ordre du Dragon d'Annam ) was founded on March 14, 1886 by Emperor Đồng Khánh , supreme lord of the Annam Empire , as a civil and military merit order. The French colonial power downgraded the emperor to king and so the order is occasionally called the royal order of the dragon of Annam.
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On May 10, 1896, the order was renamed a French Order of Colonial Merit , the Order of the Green Dragon of Annam . Award proposals were confirmed by the French President.
The order has not been awarded since 1946.
Order classes
The order was divided into five classes:
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Grand cross , was worn by the emperor together with the knight's badge (breast star). -
Grand Officer
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commander
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officer
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Knight
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Order decoration
The order decoration or the order's mark was an oval blue medallion with gold heraldic symbols. A white-red-white ring surrounded the medallion. Everything was laid on an eight-pointed, silver, brilliant star. A dragon held the crown on which the award hung.
Ribbon
The ribbon was a green and yellow ribbon for civil merit with an applied ribbon rosette.
literature
- Fritz-Rudolf Künker: Künker auction 235 - medals and decorations from around the world, including the Franz Hannesschläger collection - medals, decorations and certificates from the Grand Duchy of Baden. Numismatischer Verlag Künker, Osnabrück 2013, p. 181.