Order of the Iron Helmet

Order of the Iron Helmet
The two editions of the cross. The one on the right is from 1815
Awarded by Elector of Hesse
Type	Order
Grades	Grand Cross Knight I Class Knight II Class
Precedence
Next (higher)	Wilhelmsorden
Ribbon bar of the order

On 18 March 1814 Elector Wilhelm I of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) founded the Order of the Iron Helmet (German: Orden vom Eisernen Helm).

Maximilian Gritzner describes the model and the statutes of the order as "influenced by the example of the Iron Cross".

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  Order of the Iron Helmet

References

• Maximilian Gritzner, Handbuch der Ritter- und Verdienstorden aller Kulturstaaten der Welt innerhalb des XIX. Jahrhunderts. Auf Grund amtlicher und anderer zuverlässiger Quellen zusammengestellt. (Leipzig, 1893)

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• Order of the Black Eagle
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Kingdom of Saxony

• Order of the Rue Crown
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Kingdom of Württemberg

• Order of the Crown (Württemberg)
• Military Merit Order (Württemberg)
• Friedrich Order
• Order of Olga

Kingdom of Hanover

• Order of St. George
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• Order of Ernst August

Grand Duchy of Baden

• Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order
• Order of Berthold the First
• Order of the Zähringer Lion
• House Order of Fidelity

Grand Duchy of Hesse

• House Order of the Golden Lion
• Ludwig Order
• Order of Philip the Magnanimous
• Order of the Star of Brabant
• General Honor Decoration

Landgraviate of
Hesse-Kassel

• House Order of the Golden Lion
• Wilhelm Order
• Order of the Iron Helmet

Landgraviate of
Hesse-Darmstadt

• Order of Philip the Magnanimous

Grand Duchy of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin

• Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg)
• House Order of the Wendish Crown

Grand Duchy of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz

• Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg)
• House Order of the Wendish Crown

Grand Duchy of Oldenburg

• House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis
• Friedrich-August Cross

Duchy of Saxe-Weimar

• Order of the White Falcon

Duchy of Brunswick

• Order of Henry the Lion

Duchy of Nassau

• Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
• Order of Adolphe of Nassau

Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg

• Saxe-Ernestine House Order

Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

• Saxe-Ernestine House Order (2006: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha House Order)

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen

• Saxe-Ernestine House Order

Duchy of Anhalt

• Order of Albert the Bear
• Order of Merit for Science and Art

Principality of
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

• House Order of Hohenzollern

Principality of
Hohenzollern-Hechingen

• House Order of Hohenzollern

Principality of Lippe-Detmold

• Order of the Cross of Honour (Lippe)
• Order of Leopold (Lippe)
• Order of Berta
• Order of the Rose of Lippe

Principality of
Schaumburg-Lippe

• Order of the Cross of Honour (Lippe)

Principality of Reuss

• Order of the Cross of Honour (Reuss)

Principality of
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

• Order of the Cross of Honour (Schwarzburg)

Principality of
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

• Order of the Cross of Honour (Schwarzburg)

Free cities

• Hanseatic Cross

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