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Romania's highest chivalric order, the Order of Michael the Brave was instituted by King Ferdinand the Unifier in the early stages of the Romanian War of Unification and was named in honour of Michael the Brave, a late 16th century Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, the first Romanian to rule over the three Danubian Principalities. | |||
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Franchet d'Esperey.svg|Franchet d'Esperey<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General in the Republican French Army</span> | Franchet d'Esperey.svg|Franchet d'Esperey<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">General in the Republican French Army</span> | ||
Raoul I Estrées.svg|Georges Guynemer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Captain in the Republican French Army</span> | Raoul I Estrées.svg|Georges Guynemer<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Captain in the Republican French Army</span> | ||
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Miclescu.svg|Nicolae Miclescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Captain in the Royal Romanian Army</span> | Miclescu.svg|Nicolae Miclescu<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Captain in the Royal Romanian Army</span> | ||
Asan-Micșunești și Polizo.svg|Nicolae Polizu-Micșunești<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lieutenant in the Royal Romanian Army</span> | Asan-Micșunești și Polizo.svg|Nicolae Polizu-Micșunești<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lieutenant in the Royal Romanian Army</span> | ||
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Revision as of 04:31, 28 February 2018
Romania's highest chivalric order, the Order of Michael the Brave was instituted by King Ferdinand the Unifier in the early stages of the Romanian War of Unification and was named in honour of Michael the Brave, a late 16th century Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, the first Romanian to rule over the three Danubian Principalities.
- Standards
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Order of Michael the Brave
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- Sovereigns
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Ferdinand I the Unifier
King of Romania -
Charles II
King of Romania -
Michael I
King of Romania
- Knights in the First World War
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George V
King of Great Britain and Ireland -
Nicholas
Prince of Romania -
Emanuele Filiberto
Duke of Aosta -
Armando Diaz
Duke of the Victory -
David Beatty
1st Earl Beatty -
Douglas Haig
1st Earl Haig -
Józef Piłsudski
President of Poland -
Joseph Joffre
Marshal of France -
Ferdinand Foch
Marshal of France -
Franchet d'Esperey
General in the Republican French Army -
Georges Guynemer
Captain in the Republican French Army
- Knights in the Second World War
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Hermann Göring
Marshal of Germany -
Erich von Manstein
Marshal of Germany -
Fedor von Bock
Marshal of Germany -
Walther von Brauchitsch
Marshal of Germany -
Helmuth von Pannwitz the Last Knight of Europe
General in the Nazi German Army -
Victor Miclescu
Major in the Royal Romanian Army -
Nicolae Miclescu
Captain in the Royal Romanian Army -
Nicolae Polizu-Micșunești
Lieutenant in the Royal Romanian Army
