Order of the White Eagle (Poland)

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order order of merit state decoration

The Order of the White Eagle is Poland’s highest and oldest state decoration, traditionally bestowed for exceptional civil and military merit to the nation.

Aliases (3)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	order → order of merit → state decoration →
abolishedBy	Polish People’s Republic →
abolishedInYear	1944 →
awardedBy	President of Poland →
awardedPosthumously	yes →
awardFor	civil merit → exceptional service to the Polish nation → military merit →
badgeCenter	white eagle with crown →
badgeEnamelColor	red →
badgeShape	golden Maltese cross →
country	Poland →
eligibility	Polish citizens → foreign heads of state → other distinguished foreigners →
establishedBy	August II the Strong →
establishedInPlace	Tykocin →
establishedInYear	1705 →
grade	Knight of the Order of the White Eagle →
higherInPrecedenceThan	Order of Polonia Restituta →
highestDecorationOf	Poland →
lowerInPrecedenceThan	none →
motto	Pro Fide, Lege et Rege →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
mottoTranslation	For Faith, Law and the King →
namedAfter	White Eagle →
notableRecipient	Charles de Gaulle → Józef Piłsudski → Pope John Paul II → Queen Elizabeth II →
originalCountry	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth →
precedence	highest Polish order →
reinstatedBy	Second Polish Republic →
reinstatedInYear	1921 →
religiousAffiliationAtFoundation	Roman Catholicism →
restoredBy	Third Polish Republic →
restoredInYear	1992 →
ribbonColor	dark blue →
ribbonWornAs	sash over the right shoulder →
starCenter	red medallion with white eagle →
starShape	eight-pointed silver star →
status	currently awarded →
symbol	white eagle →
symbolUsedIn	coat of arms of Poland →
type	single-class order →
typicalRecipients	Polish presidents → eminent Polish public figures → foreign presidents → monarchs → prime ministers →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aleksey Kuropatkin ("Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire)") → Bór ("Order of the White Eagle") → Carlo Azeglio Ciampi ("Order of the White Eagle") → Eduard Rydz-Śmigły → François Mitterrand → Giorgio Napolitano → Ignacy Mościcki ("Order of the White Eagle") → Jovan Cvijić ("Order of the White Eagle") → Józef Piłsudski ("Order of the White Eagle") → Lech Kaczyński ("Order of the White Eagle") → Lech Wałęsa ("Order of the White Eagle") → Marek Edelman ("Order of the White Eagle") → Roman Herzog → Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski → Władysław Anders ("Order of the White Eagle") → Władysław Raczkiewicz ("Order of the White Eagle") → Władysław Sikorski ("Order of the White Eagle") →	awardReceived
Order of the White Eagle (Poland) ("Knight of the Order of the White Eagle") →	grade
Angela Dorothea Kasner →	hasHonor
Order of Polonia Restituta ("Order of the White Eagle") →	higher
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing →	honor
Virtuti Militari ("Order of the White Eagle") →	relatedTo