 4th Class Medal of the Order of the White Lion, Military Division The Order of the White Lion is the highest order of the Czech Republic, which continues a Czechoslovak order of the same name created in 1922 as an award for foreigners ( Czechoslovakia had no decoration for its citizens in 1920s and 1930s). The Order of the White Lion bestowed for distinguished services to the Czech state on a national level. Image File history File links Order of the White Lion Medal (Released by US national archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Order of the White Lion Medal (Released by US national archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
An Order is a decoration, awarded by a government to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity. ...
Czechoslovakia (Czech: ÄŒeskoslovensko, Slovak: ÄŒesko-Slovensko/before 1990 ÄŒeskoslovensko) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (with government-in-exile during the World War II period). ...
1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The Order of the White Lion is issued in six grades with the fifth and fourth classes presented as medals, the third class awarded as a neck order, the second class as a neck order with chest star, and the first class as a grand cross (sash with badge and chest star). The supreme grade of the Order of the White Lion is a gold neck chain which is only presented by the Czech President to fellow Heads of State.
 First Class Star of the Order of the White Lion During World War II, the Order of the White Lion reached its height as an award to those who had helped liberate Czechoslovakia from occupation by Nazi Germany. Following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a large number of foreign bestowals were made by presenting the Order of the White Lion to senior officers of the Allied militaries. Dwight Eisenhower and George S. Patton are two Americans which received the Order of the White Lion after the close of World War II. Image File history File links Order of the White Lion Badge (released by US National archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Order of the White Lion Badge (released by US National archives) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...
Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...
Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ...
George Smith Patton, Jr. ...
The Order of the White Lion is still maintained as an active medal of the Czech Republic.
External links - Orders and Medals of Czechoslovakia including Order of the White Lion (in English and Czech)
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