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17 unusual facts about Orders


Kiril Gospodinov

In 1984 he was decorated with the high government prize the Order Of Saint Cyril And Saint Methodius.

Medal for Rescue at Sea

It ranks as number 14 in the order of precedence of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway.

Nansen medal for Outstanding Research

The medal is ranked 15 in the ranking of orders, decorations and medals of Norway.

Nwankwo Kanu

Nwankwo Kanu, OON (born 1 August 1976), or simply Kanu, is a retired Nigerian footballer.

Orders

it may derive its origin from Orderic Vitalis or his father, Odelerius of Orleans, a priest who came to England with William the Conqueror.

Orders, decorations, and medals of Burma

This is the highest military award in Myanmar and it is equivalent to British Victoria Cross and German Knight Cross of the Iron Cross.

Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong

Air Force Cross (AFC)
Danny Cheung Kwong (1965)
Richard Paul Seymour (1973)
Peter Stephen Boyland (1992)
Christopher Jeremy Spencer Fynes (1993)
Steven Derek Murkin (1993)

Indian Distinguished Service Medal (IDSM)
Amanat Ali (1946)

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
William Morley Wright (1942)
John Christian Bolder DSC & Bar (1942)
Arthur Luard Pears (1942)
Bruce Graham Clarke (1946)

Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
Bernard Charlie Lilley (1946)
Albert John White (1946)

Orders, decorations, and medals of Imperial Germany

Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order and the Merit Medal of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order (Karl-Friedrich Military Merit Medal)

Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany

After the end of World War II, new German military awards were created under the authority of the West German military and the East German communist regime.

Orders, decorations, and medals of Slovenia

A majority of recipients of the Orders of Freedom were directly involved in Slovenia's struggle for independence from Yugoslavia, including the Ten-Day War which established their independence.

Orders, decorations, and medals of South Africa

The three Protea Decorations for Merit are for leadership, meritorious conduct or devotion to duty in place of the previous Southern Cross Decoration, Southern Cross Medal and Military Merit Medal.

Orders, decorations, and medals of the Independent State of Croatia

The Medal of the Crown of King Zvonimir and the Medal of Poglavnik Ante Pavelić for bravery were made by the Croatian sculptor Ivo Kerdić.

Orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were inherited from the Kingdom of Serbia and also established during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia period from 1918 to 1945.

Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

The Prime Minister's Resignation Honours in the United Kingdom are honours granted at the behest of an outgoing Prime Minister following his or her resignation.


191 BC

Arsaces II, king of Parthia, is considered to have been murdered on the orders of Antiochus III.

1963 Argentine Navy Revolt

Under the orders of base commander Captain Santiago Sabarots, Argentine Navy F9F Panthers, AT-6 Texans and F4U Corsairs bombed the advancing column, destroying a dozen M4 Sherman tanks, resulting in 9 KIA and 22 wounded, at the loss of three aircraft.

3rd New Hampshire Regiment

Thus, late on July 5, 1777 orders to leave Fort Ticonderoga were given, and by early morning on 6 July 1777 the 3rd Regiment was marching toward Hubbardton with the main portion of the American army under St. Clair's command.

Alexander Dennis Enviro350H

Alexander Dennis had since received orders of 22 buses from Stagecoach for use in Scotland (19 introduced in 2012, 3 introduced in 2013), 4 buses from First Essex (introduced in 2013) and 12 buses from Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, Spain.

All Saints Church, Patcham

The commissioners produced a book, The Book of All The Auncient Ancient Customs heretofore used amonge the fishermen of the Toune of Brighthelmston, whose orders were enshrined in law.

Alonso Pita da Veiga

Alonso Pita da Veiga, born in Ferrol in 15th century Galicia, Spain, was one of the most remarkable officers of the Spanish Tercios fighting under the orders of Count Fernando de Andrade in the Battle of Pavia (Italy), and in other battles of the Italian Wars between the years 1513-1525.

Anne Pierre Adrien, duc de Montmorency-Laval

Anne Pierre Adrien de Montmorency, Duc de Laval peer of France, Knight of the King's orders and the Golden Fleece, Knight of Saint Louis, Grandee of Spain (October 29, 1768 Paris - June 16, 1837) was a French foreign Minister.

Ayasrah

Al- Ayasrah played a main rule in the campaign of Prince Ali Fakhr-al-Din II in 1612, when he led a military campaign on the orders of his father to pursue Farroukh Sandzak Ajloun to Karak and Nablus.

Battle of Frankfurt an der Oder

Scottish major general in Swedish service John Leslie was appointed governor of the town and gave orders to have its defenses strengthened and the thousands of bodies buried.

Battle of Kilsyth

His orders were subject to the approval of the "Committee of Estates", consisting of the Earls of Argyll, Crawford and Tullibardine, and the Lords Elcho, and Balfour of Burleigh, together with a number of Calvinist clergymen.

Belém Palace

In 1886, new public works were completed under the orders of King Carlos, under the direction of architect Rafael de Silva Castro and decorated by Leandro Braga, Columbano and João Vaz, to be the residence after his marriage with Princess Amélie of Orléans.

Chauncey Thomas, Jr.

Orders issued at the onset of the expedition made it unclear where ultimate authority in the expedition lay, with the ship's captain, or the scientist-in-charge, Charles Henry Gilbert (1859–1929).

Chil Rajchman

With the work-permit issued by the Judenrat on German orders, Rajchman went to live and work in Ostrów Lubelski.

Comayagua

Comayagua was founded with the name Santa María de la Nueva Valladolid by Conquistador Alonso de Cáceres under orders from Francisco de Montejo, Governor of Yucatán on December 8, 1537.

Cristóbal, Colón

In 1907 the Cristóbal Women's Club was founded and fraternal orders for men, including Masonic and Elks lodges were active.

George E. Stratemeyer

One of Stratemeyer's favorite cartoons showed him sitting at his desk surrounded by pictures of his eight bosses (Stillwell, Mountbatten, Gen. George C. Marshall, Chiang, Arnold, Royal Air Force Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, Major General Daniel I. Sultan, and FDR), all of whom could give him orders in one or another of his capacities.

Giulio Alberoni

He went to Italy, escaped from arrest at Genoa, and had to take refuge among the Apennines, Pope Clement XI, who was his bitter enemy, having given strict orders for his arrest.

Guides Infantry

The Corps of Guides was raised at Peshawar on 14 December 1846 by Lieutenant Harry Burnett Lumsden on the orders of Sir Henry Lawrence, the British Resident at Lahore, capital of the enfeebled Sikh Empire.

Gülgöze, Mardin

The Kurdish authority of Midyat was given orders to attack Gülgöze and Arnas at the same time.

Hazel Ying Lee

On November 10, 1944, Lee received orders to go to the Bell Aircraft factory at Niagara Falls and pick up a P-63 and deliver the plane to Great Falls, Montana.

Horse's Neck

In the 1935 Fred Astaire movie Top Hat, Helen Broderick orders "un altro Horse’s Neck" in a stylized Venetian canal cocktail lounge.

Intermountain Healthcare

Life Flight can can provide a medical control physician 24/7 so it staff does not have to rely solely on standing orders or protocols, as do many other similar air medical services.

Jean d'Aulon

He appears in the video game Jeanne D'Arc, where he is one of the two characters who joins at Neufchâteau, upon orders of the commander of Vaucouleurs.

KCPO

Knight Commander of the Pontifical Order of Pius IX, a class in one of the orders of knighthood of the Holy See

KSG

Knight of St. Gregory, a class in one of the orders of knighthood of the Holy See

Lalbaug

Due to the communal riots in 1946, orders were issued to change the route of the Ganesh Immersion Procession.

M1 Tank Platoon

As platoon commander, direct control is limited to the four M1 tanks, however depending on the mission, support units like recon and attack helicopters, M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, MLRS artillery systems or other older M60 Patton tanks were available and could be given orders via the tactical map.

Marketing agreements

In United States agricultural policy, marketing agreements (and marketing orders) are authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 246), as amended).

Matthew Kellison

In August 1587 he received orders, probably those of sub-deacon, and in September 1589, the year of his advancement to the priesthood, was sent back to Rheims to succeed William Giffard as professor of scholastic theology.

Mikhail Zasulich

His refusal to go on the offensive and continual retreats made him unpopular with his troops, at the Battle of Liaoyang, his refusal to obey Lieutenant General Nikolai Zarubaev’s orders to hold his position endangered the entire Russian position.

Mischief Night

In the 1994 film The Crow, based upon comic book of the same name, the protagonist, Eric Draven, and his fiancée are murdered on the eve of their Halloween wedding on "Devil's Night" by a street gang on the orders of Detroit's most notorious crime lord, Top Dollar.

Mohsen al-Sukkari

Mohsen al-Sukkari, is an Egyptian former police officer who, on 28 July 2008 murdered the well-known Lebanese artist Suzanne Tamim in Dubai, UAE on orders of Egyptian business tycoon and member of the Egyptian Parliament Hisham Talaat Moustafa in return for $2 million paid by Moustafa, according to statements made by the murderer to the investigators in Cairo.

My Science Project

A man, (President Dwight D. Eisenhower), enters to see the craft and simply orders his men to "get rid of it."

Neo-Gramscianism

The beginning of the Neo-Gramscian perspective can be traced to York University professor emeritus, Robert W. Cox's article "Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory", in Millennium 10 (1981) 2, and "Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations: An Essay in Method", published in Millennium 12 (1983) 2.

Peter Aplin

He was still in her at Yorktown in the following October, when she was destroyed by the enemy's red-hot shot; after which he served, with his crew, on shore under the orders of Lord Cornwallis.

Power hour

In 2010, Steve Roose, who markets a DVD game named "Power Hour", registered a trademark of the same name and soon after began sending cease-and-desist orders to Ali Spagnola, a musician who had released an album also titled Power Hour.

Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories

In practice, however, Rosenberg's authority was substantially undermined by the appointment of Erich Koch to administer Ukraine with orders from Hitler to be hard and brutal.

Richard Towgood

Having taken orders about 1615, he preached in the neighbourhood of Oxford, till he was appointed master of the grammar school in College Green, Bristol.

Samuel Roffey Maitland

Maitland did not stay long at Norwich, and was admitted to priest's orders by Henry Ryder, Bishop of Gloucester.

Santiago del Arrabal, Toledo

Santiago del Arrabal is a church in Toledo, Spain, built in 1245-48, at the orders of Sancho II, on the site of an older church and a mosque that is known to been used since 1125.

SME Aero Tiga

SME also received orders for 20 aircraft for the Indonesian government's flight training center at Curug, as part of a deal by the Malaysian government to acquire IPTN CN-235 transports.

Soviet offensive plans controversy

Therefore, the Wehrmacht had drafted a preemptive war plan based on Hitler's orders as early as mid-1940, soon after the Soviet annexations of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina.

Spanish chivalry

The Spanish kings had frequently obtained the election of close connections of their families as Masters of the Orders and at Calatrava in 1489, Santiago in 1494 and Alcántara in 1495 the administration of the three Magisteries were ultimately granted to King Ferdinand of Aragón, as Sovereign of Aragón and King-Consort of Castille.

St. Louis Arsenal

This action had been ordered over a week before by Secretary of War Simon Cameron, but blocked by General Harney's refusal to execute his orders.

Stuart Robles de Medina

As a visual artist, Robles de Medina received several large orders, which the result can still be seen in Paramaribo.

Thee Majesty

Mary Never Wanted Jesus was a special Christmas-themed limited release that contains some different tracks and running orders on the vinyl and CD versions.

William McKay

The news of the declaration of war he carried, along with orders from Major General Isaac Brock, the Commander in Upper Canada, allowed the British detachment to take the American detachment at Fort Mackinac by surprise.

William Reeve

Some of his other popular later works included a melodrama, The Purse (1794), a Robin Hood pantomime, Merry Sherwood (1795) (especially the drinking song I am a friar of orders grey) and a comic opera, The Cabinet (1803).

Women for Israel's Tomorrow

Nadia Matar, the group's co-chair, caused controversy across the Israeli political spectrum in September 2004 when she compared the government's intention to remove Israeli settlers from Gaza to the involvement of the Judenrat ("Jewish Council") in Berlin in 1942, which under orders from the German government organized the expulsion of the Jewish community from that city.