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| [[Napoleon III of France]] || 1856<ref name=”Kouznetzoff_etall”>{{Cite book |last1=Botta-Kouznetzoff |first1=Nicolas |title=Écrins impériaux, splendeurs diplomatiques du Second Empire |last2=Chabanne |first2=Laure |date=2010 |publisher=Société des amis du musée de la Légion d’honneur |isbn=978-2-9016-4417-0 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> || Grand Cross || |
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| [[Leopold I of Belgium]] || 1859<ref>{{Cite web|title=S.M. Léopold Ier|url=http://www.ars-moriendi.be/LEOPOLD_I_FR.HTM|website=www.ars-moriendi.be|access-date=22 January 2025|archive-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114074400/http://www.ars-moriendi.be/LEOPOLD_I_FR.HTM|url-status=dead}}</ref> || Grand Cross || |
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| [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy]] || 1902<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular|date=23 May 1902 |page=7 |issue=36775}}</ref> || First Class || |
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| [[Milan I of Serbia]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Acović|first=Dragomir|title=Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima|year=2012|location=Belgrade|publisher=Službeni Glasnik|pages=259–272}}</ref> || || || |
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| [[Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky]] || || First Class in Diamonds<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1916&page=43&size=45|chapter=Hofstaat Seiner Kaiserlichen und Königlichen Apostolischen Majestät|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie|date=1916|location=Vienna|publisher=Druck und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei|language=German|page=16|via=alex.onb.ac.at}}</ref> || Austrian [[field marshal]], [[Austro-Hungarian General Staff|chief of the general staff]] of the [[Common Army|Imperial and Royal Army]] of {{nowrap|[[Austria-Hungary]]}} {{nowrap|(1881–1906)}} |
| [[Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky]] || || First Class in Diamonds<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1916&page=43&size=45|chapter=Hofstaat Seiner Kaiserlichen und Königlichen Apostolischen Majestät|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie|date=1916|location=Vienna|publisher=Druck und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei|language=German|page=16|via=alex.onb.ac.at}}</ref> || Austrian [[field marshal]], [[Austro-Hungarian General Staff|chief of the general staff]] of the [[Common Army|Imperial and Royal Army]] of {{nowrap|[[Austria-Hungary]]}} {{nowrap|(1881–1906)}} |
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Iranian award (1808–1925)
The Imperial Order of the Lion and the Sun (Persian: نشان سلطنتی شیر و خورشید) was instituted by Fat’h Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty in 1808 to honour foreign officials (later extended to Iranians) who had rendered distinguished services to Iran. In 1925, under the Pahlavi dynasty the Order continued as the Order of Homayoun with new insignia, though based on the Lion and Sun motif. This motif was used for centuries by the rulers of Iran, being formally adopted under Mohammad Shah.
The order is abbreviated as KLS, for Knight of Lion and Sun.[1]
The order was senior to the Order of the Crown. It was issued in five grades:
- Anton Chekhov has a short story titled The Lion And The Sun. The story is about a mayor who had “long been desirous of receiving the Persian order of The Lion and the Sun”.[2]
- ^ Kaye, John William (1856). The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir John Malcolm, G. C. B., late Envoy to Persia, and Governor of Bombay. Vol. II. London: Smith, Elder, and Co. pp. 31–32.
- ^ “The Lion and the Sun”.
- ^ Botta-Kouznetzoff, Nicolas; Chabanne, Laure; et al. (2010). Écrins impériaux, splendeurs diplomatiques du Second Empire. Société des amis du musée de la Légion d’honneur. ISBN 978-2-9016-4417-0.
- ^ “S.M. Léopold Ier”. www.ars-moriendi.be. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ “Court Circular”. The Times. No. 36775. London. 23 May 1902. p. 7.
- ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. pp. 259–272.
- ^ “Hofstaat Seiner Kaiserlichen und Königlichen Apostolischen Majestät”, Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie (in German), Vienna: Druck und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1916, p. 16 – via alex.onb.ac.at
- ^ https://transportation.army.mil/museum/about/besson.html
