Count Arvid Rutger Fredriksson Posse Prime Minister ✶ 15 February 1820 at Rosendal, Kropps parish ✟ 24 April 1901 in Stockholm Appointed The Royal Palace of Stockholm 1 October 1881 motto Missing shield Painted 1886 by Carl Högberg. Date of death added 1901 by the same artist. other awards Knight of the Order of the …
HRH Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine ✶ 12 September 1837 in Bessungen ✟ 13 March 1892 in Darmstadt Appointed Karlsruhe 21 September 1881 motto Gott, Ehre, Vaterland (God, Honor, Fatherland) shield Painted 1889 by Carl Högberg. Date of death added 1892 by the same artist. other awards None Biography Oldest son …
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H H Prince Ludwig Wilhelm av Baden ✶ 12 June 1865 in Baden-Baden ✟ 23 February 1888 in Freiburg im Breisgau Appointed Karlsruhe 20 September 1881 motto Missing shield Painted 1883 by Carl Högberg. Date of death added 1888 by the same artist. other awards King Oscar II’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal 1897 Grand Cross of …
HRH Grand Duke Friedrich av Baden ✶ 9 July 1857 in Karlsruhe ✟ 9 August 1928 in Badenweiler Appointed Karlsruhe 20 September 1881 Assigned the collar, unknown when motto Missing shield Painted 1883 by Carl Högberg. Date of death added 1928 by David Friefeldt. other awards King Oscar II’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal 1897 Grand Cross …
Count Helmuth Carl Bernhard von Moltke Prussian General Field Marshal ✶ 26 October 1800 in Parchim, Mecklenburg-Schwerin ✟ 24 April 1891 in Berlin Appointed Drottningholm slott 10 August 1881 motto Erst wägen dann wagen (First weigh, then dare) shield Painted 1886 by Carl Högberg. Date of death added 1891 by the same artist. other awards …
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HSH Prince Nicolaus of Nassau ✶ 20 September 1832 at the Palace of Biebrich at Wiesbaden ✟ 17 September 1905 in Wiesbaden Appointed Sofiero Palace 9 July 1881 motto Missing shield Painted 1891 by Carl Högberg. other awards None Biography Son of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau. Half brother to Duke Adolf, later Grand Duke of …
HRH Prince Leopold of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Albany, Prince of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha ✶ 7 April 1853 in Buckingham Palace, London ✟ 28 March 1884 in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), France Appointed London 24 May 1881 motto Missing shield Painted 1884 by Carl Högberg. other awards None Biography Fourth son of Queen Victoria of …
HRH Prince Alfred of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha ✶ 6 August 1844 at Windsor Castle ✟ 30 July 1900 at the Palace of Rosenau in Coburg Appointed London 24 May 1881 motto Missing shield Painted 1884 by Carl Högberg. Date of death added 1900 by the same …
HM King Carl I of Württemberg ✶ 6 March 1823 in Stuttgart ✟ 6 October 1891 in Stuttgart Appointed The Royal Palace of Stockholm 17 October 1879 motto Furchtlos und treu (Brave and faithful) shield Painted 1887 by Carl Högberg. Date of death added 1891 by the same artist. other awards None Biography Son of …
HM Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire ✶ 22 September 1842 in Topkapi Palace, Constantinople ✟ 10 February 1918 in Beklerbeg Palace north of Skutari Appointed The Royal Palace of Stockholm 4 July 1879 and received the order with brilliants Assigned the collar 23 June 1906 motto Missing shield Painted 1886 by Carl …
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