Order of the White Cross
The Order of the White Cross was an order of merit in Tuscany . It was donated by the Grand Duke of Tuscany and Archduke of Austria Ferdinand III. The year of foundation was 1814. The occasion was the regaining of power over the Duchy of Tuscany, which had been lost in 1801 . The order of knights was important until the Kingdom of Italy . This order was also known as the Cross of Loyalty .
Order decoration
The order decoration consisted of a white cross that gave it its name. It was a silver eight-pointed cross (similar to a Maltese cross) with eight-pointed tips and silver lilies in the corners
Badge of honor
Two years later, Ferdinand III donated. Another badge of honor, which was given to deserving people as a "virtue price" for meritorious deeds. The award was a gold medal.
Individual proof
- ^ Order book of all orders and decorations that have flourished and died in Europe ..., Gustav Adolph Ackermann, Verlag Rudolf & Dieterici, Annaberg 1855, page 186
literature
- Almanac of the Order of Knights, Kaspar Friedrich Gottschalck, published by Georg Joachim Goeschen, 1818
- Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present, Altenburg, Verlagbuchhandlung HA Pierer 4th edition 1857–1865