Order of Queen Tamara (1918)

Order of Queen Tamara
Breast star of the order
Awarded by  Georgia
TypeSingle grade order
Established13 December 1918

Ribbon bar (type 1 and type 2)

Order of Niko Nikoladze.

The Order of Queen Tamara was a Georgian military decoration granted to members of the Georgian Legion and of the German Caucasus Expedition who fought in Georgia after 4 November 1918.[1][2]

The official criterion, proclaimed by General Zakhari Mdivani, the Georgian minister of war, stated: "For merits in Georgia herewith all officers and enlisted men of the German troops in the Caucasus, which remained in Georgia after November 4, 1918, have the right to wear the Order of Saint Tamara."[3]

After the implementation of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, the order was confirmed by Decree No. 5352 on December 13, 1918.

Notes

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  1. ^ Dunn 1999, p. 469.
  2. ^ Georgia, National Geographic. "თამარ მეფის ორდენი". National Geographic საქართველო. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  3. ^ Werlich 1981, p. 25.

Sources

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  • Dunn, John P. (1999). "Medals and Decorations". In Tucker, Spencer (ed.). The European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. pp. 468–70.
  • Werlich, Robert (1981). Russian Orders, Decorations, and Medals, including those of Imperial Russia, the Provisional Government, the Civil War, and the Soviet Union (2nd ed.). Quaker Press.

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