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The Order of the Sword is an honor awarded within the United States Air Force. It is a special program where noncommisioned officers of a command recognize individuals they hold in high esteem and wish to honor.
The Badge of the Sword is similar to the knight's silver badge of the Order. The front central medallion is enamelled but the arms of the cross have no white enamel nor is the back of this badge enamelled. The Medal of the Sword is of also of silver and round with a royal crown on it upper side. The Medal bears the sword and three crown of the ...
This is a list of the recipients of the Royal Order of the Sword from 2023 and onward: Carl XVI Gustaf. Year Name Citizenship Main occupation Grade 29 September 2023 [1]
Order of the Sword may also refer to: Order of Saint James of the Sword, a Portuguese order of chivalry (1170) Order of the Faith and Peace, a 13th-century military order in Gascony; Order of the Sword (Cyprus) (1347) Order of the Sword (United States), an honor awarded within the U.S. Air Force; Order of the Sword (Devil May Cry), a religious ...
The Livonian Brothers of the Sword and the Order of Dobrzyń were established by local bishops. The Sword Brothers were notorious for cruelty to "pagans" and converts alike. The Teutonic Knights were founded during the 1190s in Palestine, but their strong links to Germany diverted efforts from the Holy Land to the Baltic.
The Royal Order of the Seraphim (Swedish: Kungliga Serafimerorden; Seraphim being a category of angels) is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, [1] together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Polar Star.
The sword was a natural universal badge, among the Romans, of the military profession. The apocalyptic figure armed with a great sword indicated an undue authority and unnatural use of it. Military men in power, whose vocation was war and weapon the sword, rose by it and also fell.
Order of Saint James of the Sword founded by Afonso I of Portugal in 1172. Order of Montesa founded by James II of Aragon in 1317. Order of Christ (Portugal), founded by Denis of Portugal in 1319. This order considers itself successor of the Knights Templar. Order of the Garter, founded by Edward III of England c. 1348