Military Order of Savoy

Military Order of Savoy

 

Military Order of Italy
Italy Ordine militare di savoia.jpg
Insignia of the Great Cross Cavalier of the Old Military Order of Savoy
Awarded by Kingdom of Italy and Kingdom of Sardinia
Type Order of knighthood
Eligibility Military personnel
Awarded for Valour
Status Abolished on 2nd January 1947
Statistics
Established Turin, 14th August 1815
First awarded Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
Last awarded Enrico de Nicola
Precedence
Next (higher) Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Equivalent Military Order of Italy
Next (lower) Civil Order of Savoy

The Military Order of Savoy was a military honorary order of the Kingdom of Sardinia first, and of the Kingdom of Italy later.

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History

The origin of the Military Order of Savoy is be traced back to the first honorary degrees granted by Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia to its soldiers, later this degrees went into disuse because of the napoleonic regime in Italy and especially in Piedmont. On the 1st of April 1815 these honorary degrees were used again by Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and later abolished on the 14th of August of the same year. Later again, all of these honorary degrees become part of one, and became, the 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. This honorary degree was conceded to everyone no matter what religion or rank the soldier was. This degree was a typically French honorary degree.

Another purpose this Order was created to reward all other kind of military merit, to the simple soldier and up to the high-ranked officer, that performed a special military feat during battle.

Ranking

The Order was once split into four different grades of merit:

With the entry of this new Order in the honorary degree system of the Kingdom of Italy these four different grades were then modified into five:

  • Great Cross cavalier
  • grand officer
  • commendatore
  • officer
  • militant or cavalier

This last ranking or grade was most commonly referred to as cavalier rather than militant.

Insignia

The medal was a silver Savoy cross, for the militants, and golden for all the other rankings. The cross was covered with white and red enamel and was surrounded with a laurel crown covered with green enamel. On top of the medal there was the royal crown of Sardinia, the medal was personally given from the sovereign in presence of the ranked troops in order to give military honours.

The militants wore the medal hanging from a blue ribbon pinned on the uniform at the height of the chest. The cavaliers wore it in the same manner but on top of the medal there was a rosette. The commendatore wore the medal hanging from a blue ribbon around the neck while the Great Cross cavalier wore it hanging from a blue shoulder-strap at the height of the left hip together with a rosette pinned to the chest made out of silver and a round blue shield engraved on it and topped with the VE letters and circled with the engraving To the Merit and Valour.

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Ribbon
Cavaliere BAR.svg
Cavalier
Ufficiale OMS BAR.svg
Officre
Commendatore OMS BAR.svg
Commendatore
Grande ufficiale OMS BAR.svg
Grand Officer
Cavaliere di gran croce OMS BAR.svg
Great Cross Cavalier

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