What happened in the 1730s?
🏅 Foundation of the Order of St. George (1734): Russian Empire establishes this chivalric order to honor military bravery.
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Further Reading
- Order of St. George - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Imperial Order Services, 1777-1783 - The Museum of Russian Art (tmora.org)
- World War I Military Medals and Decorations - Order of St. George (theaerodrome.com)
- On the Legitimacy of the Order and its place in Chivalry (orderofsaintgeorge.org)
- History of the Order - Imperial Military Order of St. George (orderofstgeorge.org)
- About chivalry - Order of St. George (co.uk)
- Orders and medals of the Russian Empire. Order of St. George (topwar.ru)
- Medals, Orders and Decorations - Morton and Eden (mortonandeden.com)