The Order was instituted on 1 March 1994 after Slovakia became independent on 1 January 1993. It continues the CzechoslovakOrder of the White Lion, which was created in 1922 as an award for foreigners.
The Order of the White Double Cross is conferred only upon foreign citizens, with the sole exception of the current President of Slovakia, who is awarded the Order by the National Council for the duration of their term of office upon inauguration.
According to the Order's statute, it is awarded:
"for the comprehensive development of relations between the state, whose citizens they are and the Slovak Republic";
"for the empowerment of the Slovak Republic’s position in international relations";
"for meeting the foreign policy priorities of Slovakia";
"for otherwise outstanding achievement in the benefit of the Slovak Republic"; or
"for the outstanding spread of good reputation of Slovakia abroad."
The Order of the White Double Cross has two divisions, civil and military, and three classes:
First Class or Grand Cross – badge may be worn on a sash on the right shoulder, plus the star is worn on the left chest;
Second Class or Grand Officer – badge may be worn on a necklet and the star is worn on the left chest;
Third Class or Commander – badge may be worn on a necklet.
First Class (badge with sash and breast star)
Second Class (badge with necklet and breast star)
Third Class (badge with necklet)
Insigniaedit
The star is an eight-pointed gold breast star, with golden straight rays between the points of the star. The central disc on the star has a white double cross on a red enamel background, which is surrounded by a gold wreath of laurel and oak leaves.
The badge of the Order is of the same design as the star, although smaller. Furthermore, the upper point is missing and the badge is suspended on a stylized leaf of a common lime tree, with or without the crossed swords of the Military Division.
The ribbon of the order is blue with a red central stripe.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Order of the White Double Cross news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Order of the White Double Cross Slovak Rad Bieleho dvojkriza is the highest state decoration of the Slovak Republic Order of the White Double CrossRad Bieleho dvojkrizaBadge with sash and breast star of the First ClassAwarded by President of SlovakiaTypeOrderEligibilityforeign personsAwarded forServices to SlovakiaStatusCurrently constitutedSovereignH E Zuzana CaputovaGradesGrand CrossGrand OfficerCommanderStatisticsFirst inductionH Em Jozef Tomko 1994 Last inductionH E Katerina Sakellaropoulou 6 September 2022 Total inductees186 total 49 1st Class 92 2nd Class 45 3rd Class PrecedenceNext higher None highest Next lower Andrej Hlinka OrderRibbon bar of the 1st Class Ribbon bar of the 2nd Class Ribbon bar of the 3rd Class The Order was instituted on 1 March 1994 after Slovakia became independent on 1 January 1993 It continues the Czechoslovak Order of the White Lion which was created in 1922 as an award for foreigners The Order of the White Double Cross is conferred only upon foreign citizens with the sole exception of the current President of Slovakia who is awarded the Order by the National Council for the duration of their term of office upon inauguration According to the Order s statute it is awarded for the comprehensive development of relations between the state whose citizens they are and the Slovak Republic for the empowerment of the Slovak Republic s position in international relations for meeting the foreign policy priorities of Slovakia for otherwise outstanding achievement in the benefit of the Slovak Republic or for the outstanding spread of good reputation of Slovakia abroad Contents 1 Classes 2 Insignia 3 Recipients 4 External linksClasses editThe Order of the White Double Cross has two divisions civil and military and three classes First Class or Grand Cross badge may be worn on a sash on the right shoulder plus the star is worn on the left chest Second Class or Grand Officer badge may be worn on a necklet and the star is worn on the left chest Third Class or Commander badge may be worn on a necklet nbsp First Class badge with sash and breast star nbsp Second Class badge with necklet and breast star nbsp Third Class badge with necklet Insignia editThe star is an eight pointed gold breast star with golden straight rays between the points of the star The central disc on the star has a white double cross on a red enamel background which is surrounded by a gold wreath of laurel and oak leaves The badge of the Order is of the same design as the star although smaller Furthermore the upper point is missing and the badge is suspended on a stylized leaf of a common lime tree with or without the crossed swords of the Military Division The ribbon of the order is blue with a red central stripe Recipients editGrand Crosses Askar Akayev Beatrix of the Netherlands Andrew Bertie Fernando Henrique Cardoso Carl XVI Gustaf Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Emil Constantinescu Janez Drnovsek Elizabeth II Ivan Gasparovic Joachim Gauck Arpad Goncz Tarja Halonen Harald V of Norway Vaclav Havel Henri Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henrik Prince Consort of Denmark Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Francois Hollande Milada Horakova Ion Iliescu Don Johnston Juan Carlos I of Spain Lech Kaczynski Thomas Klestil Bronislaw Komorowski Franz Konig Michal Kovac Milan Kucan Aleksander Kwasniewski Emile Lahoud Ricardo Lagos Margrethe II of Denmark Stjepan Mesic Giorgio Napolitano Nursultan Nazarbayev Tassos Papadopoulos Heliodor Pika Johannes Rau Fernando de la Rua Arnold Ruutel Juan Antonio Samaranch Jorge Sampaio Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Angelo Sodano Queen Sofia of Spain Frank Walter Steinmeier Koloman Sokol Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Petar Stoyanov Jozef Tomko Alexander Van der Bellen Max van der Stoel Gunter Verheugen Rudolf Vrba Milos Zeman Willem Alexander of the Netherlands Queen Maxima of the Netherlands Grand Officers Ruzena Bajcsy Catherine Ashton Wladyslaw Bartoszewski Albrecht von Boeselager Gene Cernan Guillaume Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg Ludwig Hoffmann Rumerstein Marta Kubisova Stefan Osusky Petr Pithart Herman Van Rompuy Adam Michnik Commanders Jacek Baluch Gabriela Benackova Sir Derek Bowett Viktor Fainberg David O Keeffe Ryszard SiwiecExternal links editPresident of the Slovak Republic official website State Honours Orders amp Decorations website of the Slovak Republic archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Order of the White Double Cross amp oldid 1195674583, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
