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3 unusual facts about Order of Adolphe of Nassau


Adolf, King of Germany

On 8 May 1858, Duke Adolf of Nassau established a Military and Civil Order of Merit for the Duchy.

Order of Adolphe of Nassau

The other side has the inscriptions "1292" (in that year that Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg was crowned as King of the Romans) and "1858" (this was the year of creation of the order by Adolphe, Duke of Nassau), in gold letters on a white-enamelled background.

Robert Merrill Lee

In addition to various awards and decorations from other U.S. allies, he wears the French Legion of Honor in the grade of Commander and the Croix de Guerre with Palm; the Luxembourg Order of Merit of Adolph of Nassau, Degree of Commander with Crown; the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Degree of Honorary Commander; and the Korean Order of Military Merit, Taeguk, with silver star.



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