The Ordre de la Concorde, French for "Order of Concord", was instituted in 1660 by
Christiaan von Brandenburg-Bayreuth Markgraf
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of
Bayreuth. The order was therefore the first order of chivalry in the small German state. The founder chose a fashionable French name as French was the language of the princely German courts.
The order had a single grade and it was worn around the neck on a red ribbon
On the front of the medaillon was the
Motto
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"CONCORDANT" in golden letters over two palm branches. On the back the letters "C.E.M.Z.B." are depicted under a crown.
Bayreuth
1660 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
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