Order of William - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Order Of William: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of William - Grades
By 1945, the following classes of the Order of William were in existence. Grand Cross - wears the badge on a sash on the right shoulder,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of The Dutch Lion: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of The Dutch Lion - Insignia
The badge of the Order is a gilt, white-enamelled Maltese Cross, with the monogram "W" (for King William I) between the arms of the cross...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of Orange Nassau: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of Orange Nassau - Grades
The following classes and grades exist for the Order of Orange-Nassau Grand Cross - wears the badge on a sash on the right shoulder, plu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of Orange Nassau: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of Orange Nassau - Insignia
The badge of the Order is a blue-enamelled, white enamel-bordered Maltese Cross, in gilt for the officers and above, in silver for knight...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of The Dutch Lion: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of The Dutch Lion - The Brothers
Associated with the Order of the Dutch Lion is the grade known as the Brother, which has not been conferred in living memory. It was awar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Science And Technology
List of prizes medals and awards - Mathematics. Ramanujan Prize Abel Prize Bôcher Memorial Prize Clay Mathematics Institute's Millenn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Science And Technology
List of prizes medals and awards - Mathematics. Abel Prize Bôcher Memorial Prize Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Proble...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knight: Encyclopedia Ii - Knight - Becoming A Knight
During the High Middle Ages, it was technically possible for every free man to become a knight, but the process of becoming (and the equi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Logic And Philosophy
List of prizes medals and awards - Politics. Lawrence O'Brien Award in Democratic Politics Profiles in Courage Award ... See also:L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Arts And Letters
List of prizes medals and awards - Art. Archibald Prize, Australia's premier portraiture award Beck's Futures Carnegie Prize Osamu Tez...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - General Achievement
List of prizes medals and awards - Scouting. Cornwell Decoration The Girl Scout Gold Award Eagle Scout Eagle Scout (Philippines) Queen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knight: Encyclopedia Ii - Knight - Knighthood And The Feudal System
Knighthood was closely connected with the feudal system. Originating largely in what later became known as France, this was a social orga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knight: Encyclopedia Ii - Knight - Honorific Orders
From roughly 1560, purely honorific orders were established, designed as a way to confer prestige and distinction, unrelated to military ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Sports And Games
List of prizes medals and awards - Overall. NACDA Director's Cup Laureus World Sports Awards James E. Sullivan Award List of prizes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Entertainment
List of prizes medals and awards - Advertising. The International Andy Awards Clio Awards Cannes Lions International Advertising Festi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Orders Of Knighthood National Honours Military And Patriotic Medals
List of prizes medals and awards - Commonwealth and its member states. British honours system List of people who have declined a Brit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - National Honours Military And Patriotic Medals
List of prizes medals and awards - Australia. List of Australian Awards Australian of the Year Cross of Valour Order of Australia Li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knight: Encyclopedia Ii - Knight - Military-monastic Orders
Other orders were established in the Iberian peninsula in imitation of the orders in the Holy Land, in Avis in 1143, in Alcantara in 1156...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knight: Encyclopedia Ii - Knight - Knighthood And The Feudal System
Knighthood was closely connected with the feudal system. Originating largely in what later became known as France, this was a social orga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knight: Encyclopedia Ii - Knight - Early Heavy Cavalry
The origin of heavily armoured cavalry (Cataphractes) lies in Sassanid Persia, and medieval chivalry absorbed many Persian traditions in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knight: Encyclopedia Ii - Knight - History
The word knight derives from Old English cniht, meaning page boy, or servant (as is still the case in the cognate Dutch and German knecht...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Sports And Games
List of prizes medals and awards - Overall. NACDA Director's Cup Laureus World Sports Awards James E. Sullivan Award List of prizes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knight: Encyclopedia Ii - Knight - Honorific Orders
From roughly 1560, purely honorific orders were established, designed as a way to confer prestige and distinction, unrelated to military ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Entertainment
List of prizes medals and awards - Advertising. The International Andy Awards Clio Awards Cannes Lions International Advertising Festi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Arts And Letters
List of prizes medals and awards - Art. Archibald Prize, Australia's premier portraiture award Beck's Futures Carnegie Prize Osamu Tez...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - General Achievement
List of prizes medals and awards - Scouting. Cornwell Decoration The Girl Scout Gold Award Eagle Scout Queen's Scout See also: Merit ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prizes Medals And Awards - Logic And Philosophy
List of prizes medals and awards - Politics. Lawrence O'Brien Award in Democratic Politics Profiles in Courage Award ... See also:L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of William: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of William - Unit Award
The unit version of the Order of William is commonly known as the Orange Lanyard. To be awarded the Orange Lanyard a military unit must d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of William: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of William - Insignia
The badge of the Order is a white-enamelled Maltese Cross, in silver for the 4th Class and in gilt for higher classes; a green enamelled ...   » Read the article