Order of Queen Tamar

Order of Queen Tamar

The Order of Queen Tamar ( _ka. თამარ მეფის ორდენი) was a Georgian military decoration which was introduced for issue, late in 1915, to personnel who distinguished themselves on behalf of the independence of Georgia in the World War I and its immediate aftermath. It was awarded to about 3,000 officers and soldiers of the Georgian Legion (a Georgian volunteer unit within the German army) and the German Caucasus Expedition which remained in Georgia until October 1918. The Order was a de facto decoration awarded by the independence movement of Georgia, then part of Imperial Russia, but was then officialized by the government of the newly independent Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918). [Lang, David Marshall (1962), "A Modern History of Georgia", p. 182. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.] The Order is currently one of the Chivalric Orders of the Royal House of Georgia, a Spain-based branch of the Bagrationi Dynasty. [ [http://www.royalbagration.com/Bagration_Orders.html The Chivalric Orders of The Royal House of Bagration] . "THE ROYAL HOUSE OF BAGRATION - GEORGIA". Retrieved on May 3, 2007.]

The Order is named after Queen Tamar of Georgia, who reigned from 1184 to 1212 and presided over what is commonly referred to as the Golden Age of Georgia.

The insignia is designed as a ribbon in the colours of Georgia, red and black, and a "badge" consisting of an eight-pointed rayed star worn on the left breast. The central medallion depicts the head of Queen Tamar within a circle inscribed, in Georgian letters, ქართული ლეგიონი 1915 (Georgian Legion 1915). The ribbon has to be worn without a medal on it, with the star on the breast.

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