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Order of St. Stanislas
(Order Swietego Stanislawa)
Instituted on May 7, 1765 by king
Stanislas Augustus, originally in a single class. Suppressed after
the partition of Poland of 1794 and renewed in the Grand Duchy of
Warsw in 1807. With creation of the Kingdom of Poland in 1815, the
order was retained, divided into four classes and conferred mostly
for civilian merit. In 1832, after the collapse of the uprising of
1830 it was added to the system of Russian awards, where it remained
until 1917. In the restituted Poland the order was not renewed (it
was replaced by the
Order Polonia Restituta). On June 6, 1979 the Order was renewed in five classes (Grand
Cross, Grand Commander, Commander, Officer and Member) and included
it in the system of Polish stare decorations (statutes of the order
being issued in 1984). The new statutes of September 15, 1990 made
the Order of St. Stanislas independent sovereign order and
excluded it from the system of state awards. The order is divided
into eight Grand Priorates (Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy,
New Zealand, Poland, Romania and Russial). In 1997 the Grand
Magistry of the order was moved from Great Britain to Poland.
B adge:
gold Maltese cross with ball finials, with the
arms of the obverse covered by red enamel.
Between the arms there are four stylized white
enameled crowned eagles. Between the corners of
the side and the lower arms there are small gilt
laurel sprays with a rose in the middle. The
central medallion depicts the likeness of St.
Stanislas on white background, between the
letters S. S. The medallion is encircled by a
green laurel wreath. Medallion reverse:
the royal cypher SAR (Stanislas Augustus Rex) of
king Stanislas Augustus, red on white background.
The dimensions of the badge are 76 x 76 mm
(Grand Cross), 67 x 67 mm (Grand Commander and
Commander) or 50 x 50 mm (Officer and Member).
Star:
80 mm, of eight sets of plain rays. Medallion:
the royal cypher Stanislas Augustus, red on
white background, surrounded by a white ring
with the Latin motto of the order PRAEMIANDO
INCITAT (encourages through rewarding), the
whole being encircled by a green laurel wreath.
The star to the class of the Grand Cross is
golden, to the class of the Grand Commander is
silver. Both stars are worn on the left.
Ribbon:
red with double white side stripes (currently
made ribbons have an extra narrow red edge
pinstripe). The width of the ribbons is 98 mm
(Grand Cross), 52 mm (Grand Commander and
Commander) or 40 mm (Officer and Member). There
is a rosetee on the ribbon of the Officer's
badge.
The Medal for Humanitarian Service
Orders of
St. Stanislas Meritorious Achievement Awards and
Medal issued on the occasion
of 30 anniversary of the restitution of the Order of St.
Stanislas
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