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Cross Of Recognition
The Cross of Recognition () is a state decoration of Latvia. History The decoration was established in 1710 in the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia by Duke Frederick William as a symbol of the then-established Order of Recognition (''l’Ordre de la Reconnaissance''). According to the order's statute, it was established “in thanks to God Almighty for the recovery of Courland after the Great Northern War” (''“et in memoriam recuperatae Curlandiae”''). The order was bestowed for outstanding civilian and military accomplishments.State awards. The Cross of Recognition - Official website of the Frederick William died in January 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Order (honour)
An order is a visible honour awarded by a sovereign state, monarch, dynastic house or organisation to a person, typically in recognition of individual merit, that often comes with distinctive insignia such as collars, medals, badges, and sashes worn by recipients. Modern honour systems of state orders and dynastic orders emerged from the culture of orders of chivalry of the Middle Ages, which in turn emerged from the Catholic religious orders. Terminology The word order (), in the case referred to in this article, can be traced back to the chivalric orders, including the military orders, which in turn trace the name of their organisation back to that of the Catholic religious orders. Orders began to be created ''ad hoc'' and in a more courtly nature. Some were merely honorary and gradually the ''badges'' of these orders (i.e. the association) began to be known informally as ''orders''. As a result, the modern distinction between ''orders'' and ''decorations'' or ''insi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
LVA Cross Of Recognition 1
LVA is the abbreviation of: * Lake View Academy, a Seventh-Day Adventist boarding school in Bukidnon, Philippines * Land-vertebrate age, age of a rock formation determined by biochronology * Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, a public high school in Las Vegas, Nevada * Library of Virginia, library of the US state of Virginia * ''Liberty'' Veterans Association, association of former crewmen of USS ''Liberty'' * Licensed Victuallers Association, a local member of the UK's Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations * ''Liga Veneto Autonomo'', a regional political party in Veneto, Italy * Liquidity Valuation Adjustment, one of the X-Value Adjustments in relation to derivative instruments held by banks * Live variable analysis, a method of calculating the live variables at each point in a computer program * London Video Arts (1976–1988), a British non-profit organization to support video arts * ''Luchtvaartafdeling'' (aviation department), original name of the Royal Netherlands Air Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
