Category: Order of Orange-Nassau

Categories: The Netherlands, Civil Decorations | Orders of Chivalry

The Order of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Orde van Oranje-Nassau, Dutch pronunciation: [oːˈrɑnjə ˈnɑsʌu̯]) is a civil and military Dutch order of chivalry founded on 4 April 1892 by the Queen regent Emma, acting on behalf of her under-age daughter Queen Wilhelmina. The Order is a chivalric order open to "everyone who has earned special merits for society". These are people who deserve appreciation and recognition from society for the special way in which they have carried out their activities. The lower grades of the order are comparable with the ranks of the Order of the British Empire in the UK, but titles, prefixes or post-nominals (other than academic ones) are not used in the Netherlands (the only exception being for members of the Military William Order).


Since 1996 In addition to the two divisions, since 1996 the Order of Orange-Nassau has been issued in six classes:

  1. Knight Grand Cross - badge may be worn on a sash on the right shoulder, plus an 8-pointed star on the left chest;
  2. Grand Officer - badge may be worn by men on a necklet, and by women worn on a ribbon tied as a bow at the left chest. Also a 4-pointed star is worn on the left chest;
  3. Commander - badge may be worn by men on a necklet, and by women worn on a ribbon tied as a bow at the left chest;
  4. Officer - wears the badge on a ribbon with a rosette on the left chest;
  5. Knight - wears the badge on a ribbon on the left chest;
  6. Member - wears a smaller badge on a ribbon on the left chest.

See: Order of Orange-Nassau and Knights of the Military Willems-Orde

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13 Jun 1917 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 04 Jul 2016




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