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6 unusual facts about Order of the Iron Crown


Franz Josef Ritter von Buß

During the Austro-Italian War he was active at the head of an association for the relief of the German prisoners; in acknowledgment of his services the emperor conferred on him the Order of the Iron Crown.

Iron Crown

Order of the Iron Crown, an order associated with the Iron Crown of Lombardy

Johann Baptist Weiss

In 1899 Weiss was ennobled and made a knight on the Order of the Iron Crown.

Julius Anton Glaser

Among other decorations, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold and made a Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown.

Military Order of Savoy

This military order was to be granted to the soldiers who fought in the Italian army of Napoleon and became part of the Legion of Honor (or either obtained the honorary degree of Order of the Iron Crown) due to military merit.

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

He also wears his Légion d'honneur and Order of the Iron Crown decorations, along with gold epaulettes, white French-style culottes and white stockings.



see also

Abdeen Palace

Among other documents, it contains the Imperial Ottoman firman, or decree, which established the rule of Muhammad Ali and his family, and a certificate for the Order of the Iron Crown, from the short-lived South American Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia.