Orders, decorations, and medals of Karnia-Ruthenia

The Orders, decorations, and medals of Karnia-Ruthenia covers those decorations awarded by the states which came together under Ruthenian leadership to form the Karno-Ruthenian Empire in 2016. The Karno-Ruthenian honors system goes back to 2014 and the establishment of the Order of St. Stephen and was modeled on European honours system. Most of the actual system were inherited from the Kingdom of Ruthenia, the predecessor state of Karnia-Ruthenia.

The Karno-Ruthenian honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement or service to the Empire and consists of three types of award: honours - used to recognise merit in terms of achievement and service, decorations - to recognise specific deeds and medals, to recognise bravery, long and/or valuable service and/or good conduct.

As the head of state, the Emperor-King remains the fons honorum, but the system for identifying and recognising candidates to honour change considerably over time and most of the orders are not graded.

Current orders

Name	Ranks	Ribbon	Established	Motto	Associated awards	Description
Order of the Edelweiss Ordem do Edelvais	Knight (KOE) Dame (DOE)		26 May 2016	Virtutis Confido My trust in [the ancient] virtue	Order of the Ruthenian Eagle	Highest order in Karnia-Ruthenia, to exceptionally meritorious achievements
Order of St. Stephen Ordem de Santo Estevão	Knight (RKSS) Dame (RLSS)		25 November 2014	Impavidum Ferient Ruinae The difficulties do not frighten me	Order of Ottokar	Dynastic order
Order of St. Peter Ordem de São Pedro	Knight (KSPE) Dame (LSPE)		25 November 2014	Ego præcipio tibi I will entrust to you		Dynastic order
Order of St. Paul Ordem de São Paulo	Knight (EKSP) Dame (ELSP)		25 November 2014	Non ducor, duco I am not led, I lead		Dynastic order
Order of the Enameled Cross Ordem da Cruz Esmaltada	Dame		26 August 2021			Personal services of women to the Crown
Order of the Imperial Crown Ordem da Coroa Imperial	Knight or Dame		26 August 2021			Civil merit
Order of Oscar Ordem de Oscar	Knight (KGO)		3 September 2021			Civil merit
Order of Maurice de Saxe Ordem de Maurício de Saxe	Knight (KGO)		3 September 2021			Military merit
Order of St. George Ordem de São George	Knight (KGO)		28 November 2015			Gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty
Order of Anton Ordem de Antônio	Knight (KA)		26 August 2021	Integritate & Merito Integrity and Merit		Formation of Karno-Ruthenian families after acquiring citizenship.
Order for Services to the Red Cross Ordem por Serviços à Cruz Vermelha	Knight or Dame		26 August 2021			Anyone who worked in the voluntary emergency services or is associated to the Red Cross.
Order of St. Luke the Evangelist Ordem de São Lucas Evangelista	Recipient		2017			Recognition of activities in the fields of culture, folklore, art, science and the protection of the environment.

Commemorative medals

Name	Ranks	Ribbon	Established	Motto	Associated awards	Description
Imperial and Royal Wedding Commemorative Medal Medalha Comemorativa do Casamento Imperial e Real	Recipient		26 August 2021			The Imperial and Royal Wedding Commemorative Medal is a commemorative medal to mark the wedding of Oscar I and Marie Elisabeth on 26 August 2021.

Dormant orders

Name	Ranks	Ribbon	Established	Motto	Associated awards	Description
Order of the Royal House of Ruthenia Ordem da Casa Real da Rutênia	Grand Cross (GCOHR) Grand Officer (GOHR) Commander (COHR) Officer (OHR) Knight (KOHR)		13 December 2014			Meritorious achievements in the arts, science, education and religion
Order of the Ruthenian Crown Ordem da Coroa Rutena	Grand Cross (GCORC) Grand Officer (GORC) Commander (CORC) Officer (ORC) Knight (KORC)		13 December 2014			Merit towards the Crown, State and Nation in public service
Order of the Ruthenian Star Ordem da Estrela Rutena	Ruthenian Great Star (RGS) Ruthenian Star with Sash (RSS) Ruthenian Star with Golden Wreath (RSGW) Ruthenian Star on Cravat (RSC)		13 December 2014			Development and strengthening of peace and cooperation between nations

Obsolete orders

Name	Ranks	Ribbon	Established	Motto	Associated awards	Description
Order of the Ruthenian Eagle Ordem da Águia Rutena	Monarch and Heir apparent (only)		13 December 2014		Order of the Edelweiss	Celebrates the coronation of Oscar I
Order of the Foundation of the Kingdom of Ruthenia Ordem da Fundação do Reino da Rutênia	Grand Cross (GCOFR) Grand Officer (GOFR) Commander (COFR) Officer (OFR) Knight (KOFR)		08 December 2014			Comemorative medal at the foundation of the Kingdom of Ruthenia

Other honours and appointments

As the 'fountain of honour' in Karnia-Ruthenia, the Emperor-King has the sole right of conferring all titles of honour, including titles of nobility, knighthoods and gallantry awards. Some offices have permission from the monarch to award medals, like the Order of Legislative Merit, which can be awarded by the Minister-President of Ruthenia and by the Prime Minister of Karnia.

There are five ranks of hereditary nobility in Karnia-Ruthenia, and they are Duke, Prince, Margrave, Count and Baron. Most of these titles are normally given only to members of the Imperial and Royal Family, but already was given to foreigners.

See also

• Karnia-Ruthenia
• Karno-Ruthenian Monarchy