Order of Philip the Magnanimous

Order of Philip the Magnanimous Orden Philipps des Großmütigen
Cross of the order
Awarded by The Grand Duke of Hesse
Type	Order of Merit
Established	1 May 1840
Motto	SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS
Status	Monarchy dissolved in 1918.
Sovereign	Grand Duke of Hesse
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 Philip the Magnanimous (German: Orden Philipps des Großmütigen) was an Order of Merit established on 1 May 1840 by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse. The order was founded on the name day of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse in his honour as a general order of merit.

Recipients[]

References[]

: Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen bis 1945, Band I – Anhalt-Hohenzollern, Zentralstelle für wissenschaftliche Ordenskunde, München 1997, ISBN 3-00-00-1396-2

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