Order (honour)

An order is a visible honour awarded by a sovereign state, monarch, dynastic royal house or organisation to a recipient, typically in recognition of individual merit. Modern national orders and orders of merit developed in the 19th century, emerging out of the culture of chivalric orders of the Middle Ages.

Order (honour)

An order is a visible honour awarded by a sovereign state, monarch, dynastic royal house or organisation to a recipient, typically in recognition of individual merit. Modern national orders and orders of merit developed in the 19th century, emerging out of the culture of chivalric orders of the Middle Ages.