Order of the White Lion

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order of merit state decoration

The Order of the White Lion is the highest state decoration of the Czech Republic (and formerly Czechoslovakia), awarded for outstanding services to the state and for fostering international relations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf order of merit ⓘ
state decoration ⓘ
awardedBy Czech Republic ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
awardedFor defence of democracy ⓘ
defence of human rights ⓘ
awardFor fostering international relations ⓘ
outstanding services to the state ⓘ
awardingBody President of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
President of the Czech Republic ⓘ
awardingFrequency annually ⓘ
ceremonyLocation Prague Castle ⓘ
coatOfArmsElement Bohemian lion ⓘ
country Czech Republic ⓘ
eligibility Czech citizens ⓘ
foreign citizens ⓘ
formerCountry Czechoslovakia ⓘ
hasComponent badge ⓘ
collar chain ⓘ
star ⓘ
hasGrade 1st Class ⓘ
2nd Class ⓘ
3rd Class ⓘ
4th Class ⓘ
5th Class ⓘ
Collar ⓘ
highestStateDecorationOf Czech Republic ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
inception 1922 ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Czech Republic ⓘ
motto Pravda vítězí ⓘ
mottoLanguage Czech ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation Truth prevails ⓘ
namedAfter Bohemian lion ⓘ
surface form: Bohemian Lion
notableRecipient Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ⓘ
Václav Havel ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
reformed 1994 ⓘ
ribbonColor red ⓘ
white ⓘ
status currently awarded ⓘ
symbol Belgian lion ⓘ
surface form: white double-tailed lion
type civil decoration ⓘ
military decoration ⓘ
typicalAwardDate 28 October ⓘ
wearerTitle Knight of the Order of the White Lion ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alphonse Juin → awardReceived → Order of the White Lion ⓘ
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi → awardReceived → Order of the White Lion ⓘ
Edvard Beneš → awardReceived → Order of the White Lion ⓘ
Konrad Adenauer → awardReceived → Order of the White Lion ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese → awardReceived → Order of the White Lion ⓘ
subject surface form: Oliver Leese
Sandro Pertini → awardReceived → Order of the White Lion ⓘ
Václav Klaus → awardReceived → Order of the White Lion ⓘ
Halsey → hasAward → Order of the White Lion ⓘ
subject surface form: William Halsey Jr.
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg → honor → Order of the White Lion ⓘ