Order of the Estonian Red Cross

Order of the Estonian Red Cross

Sash and star of the 1st Class of the order
Country Estonia
Type Six class order
Awarded for Humanitarian service and for saving life
Status Currently awarded
Motto Inter Arma Caritas
Statistics
Established 1920
7 October 1936 as a state order
Precedence
Next (higher) Order of the Cross of the Eagle
Next (lower) Lowest


1st Class

2nd Class

3rd Class

4th Class

5th Class


Medal Class
Ribbon bars of the Order of the Estonian Red Cross

The Order of the Estonian Red Cross (Estonian: Eesti Punase Risti teenetemärk; French: Ordre de la Croix-Rouge Estonienne) was instituted in 1920 by the Estonian Red Cross Society. The Order of the Estonian Red Cross is bestowed in order to give recognition for humanitarian services rendered in the interests of the Estonian people and for the saving of life.

Classes

The Order of the Estonian Red Cross comprises six classes:

The crosses of all basic classes of the Order of the Estonian Red Cross have the same design.

The blue colour tone of the moiré ribands belonging to the decorations of all the classes of the Order of the Estonian Red Cross is determined according to the international PANTONE colour-table as 297 MC.

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