Order of Philip the Magnanimous

Order of Philip the Magnanimous
Orden Philipps des Großmütigen
Cross of the order
Awarded by The Grand Duke of Hesse
Type Order of Merit
Established 1 May 1840
Motto SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS
Status Monarchy dissolved in 1918.
Sovereign Grand Duke of Hesse
Statistics
Last induction 1918
Precedence
Next (higher) Ludwig Order
Next (lower) Order of the Star of Brabant

Ribbon bar of the order

The Order of Philip the Magnanimous (German: Orden Philipps des Großmütigen) was an Order of Merit established on 1 May 1840 by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse. The order was founded on the name day of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse in his honour as a general order of merit.

Recipîents

Grand Cross

References

  • Jörg Nimmergut: Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen bis 1945, Band I – Anhalt-Hohenzollern, Zentralstelle für wissenschaftliche Ordenskunde, München 1997, ISBN 3-00-00-1396-2
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