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Award
Military Order of the White Lion
Type
5 Class Military Order of Merit
Awarded for
Military merit, either personal acts of bravery or leadership.
Presented by
Czechoslovakia
Eligibility
Czech citizens and foreigners
Campaign(s)
World War II
Status
No longer awarded
Established
9 February 1945
Third class cross and second class star
Related
Order of the White Lion
The Military Order of the White Lion (Czech: Vojenský řád Bílého lva „Za vítězství“), also known as the Military Order of the White Lion "For Victory", was an award established on 9 February 1945 to reward military merit, either personal acts of bravery or leadership.[1]
The order was presented in five different classes, the first class decorations being a gold breast star, while the second class was a silver breast star. The third class was in the form of a silver cross, enameled in red, and worn suspended from a ribbon on the chest. The fourth and fifth classes were a gold and silver medal respectively. The insignia of the first and second classes borrowed heavily in design from the Order of the White Lion. Both orders utilized an eight pointed star, with the center medallion containing the crowned white lion of the Coat of arms of Czechoslovakia. The difference came with the color of the medallion's border and motto that it contained, being blue on the Military Order of the White Lion. The motto was "Za vítězství" ('For victory'), versus the Order of the White Lion's motto of "Pravda vítezí" ('Truth prevails').[citation needed]
Ribbon bars of the Military Order of the White Lion
First Class Gold Star
Second Class Silver Star
Third Class Cross
Fourth Class Gold Medal
Fifth Class Silver Medal
^Robertson, Megan C. (27 December 2005). "Czechoslovak Socialist Republic: Czechoslovak Military Order of the White Lion "For victory"". Medals of the World. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
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