Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous Verdienstorden Philipps des Großmütigen
Cross of the order
Awarded by The Grand Duke of Hesse
Type
Order of Merit
Established
1 May 1840[1]
Motto
SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS
Status
Monarchy dissolved in 1918
Sovereign
Grand Duke of Hesse
Grades
Grand Cross Commander 1st Class Commander 2nd Class Cross of Honour Knight 1st Class Knight 2nd Class Silver Cross
Statistics
Last induction
1918
Precedence
Next (higher)
Ludwig Order (before 1875); Order of the Golden Lion (after 1875)
Next (lower)
Order of the Star of Brabant
Ribbon bar of the order
The Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous (German: Verdienstorden Philipps des Großmütigen) was an order of chivalry established by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse on 1 May 1840, the name day of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, in his honour to award extraordinary military or civil merit.[1] It was the second-highest order of the Grand Duchy of Hesse before 1876, when it was displaced to third by the revived Order of the Golden Lion, the former paramount order of the Electorate of Hesse.
After the First World War and the fall of the German monarchies, the order—along with all other grand ducal decorations—was formally abolished in 1919.
^ abBernard Burke, ed. (1858). "Hesse (Grand Duchy)". The Book of Orders of Knighthood and Decorations of Honour. London: Hurst & Blackett. pp. 137–138.
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