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Order of Skanderbeg (1925–1945)

Order of merit of the Albanian Republic

Field	Value
name	Order of Skanderbeg
Urdhëri i Skënderbeut
image	[[File:Order of Skanderbeg 7.png	275px]]
caption	Grand Officer set c.1930
image2	[[File:ALB Order of Skanderbeg - Knight BAR.png	100px]]
caption2	Ribbon of the order
awarded_by	Head of the House of Zogu
type	Order of merit
established	3 December 1925
country	Albania
house	House of Zogu
criteria	Distinguished services rendered to the Crown and achievements in every field of society
head_title	Sovereign
head	Crown Prince Leka of Albania
classes	Grand Cross (Grand Star or Crown Star)
Grand Cross (Special Class or Grand Cordon)
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight/Dame
higher	Order of Fidelity
lower	Order of Bravery

Urdhëri i Skënderbeut Grand Cross (Special Class or Grand Cordon) Grand Cross Grand Officer Commander Officer Knight/Dame The Order of Skanderbeg () was originally instituted in 1925 as an order of merit of the Albanian Republic. It was replaced by the Communist government in 1945 with a new award of the same name. Skanderbeg is the national hero of the Albanian people.

The Albanian royal family currently maintains the Order of Skanderbeg as a dynastic order, which has only been awarded to a select number of people since the fall of the monarchy in 1939. This order should not be mistaken for the award of the same name which is currently given by the head of the Republic of Albania.

History

The president and later king of Albania, Ahmet Zogu, founded the order in 1925 as an order of merit with four grades. After the Italian annexation of Albania, his successor, Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy and of Albania, Emperor of Ethiopia, added a fifth grade (Officer) in 1940.

In 1945, the People's Republic of Albania decided to replace the order. In that same year, a new order with the same name was founded, along the lines of the Socialist Orders of Merit. It was awarded until the fall of Albanian Communism in 1990.

The Communist version of the order was created on 13 October 1945 with three classes. The medal design included an image of Skanderbeg on a five pointed star, and the ribbons were red with 1 to 3 blue stripes according to the class of award. It was awarded to officers of the Albanian People's Army and the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a recognition of services to the country and the people for the organisation, modernisation and reinforcement of the armed forces.

Another honorary award bearing Skanderbeg's name, also known as the Order of Skanderbeg, has been instituted by the current Republic of Albania.

Notable recipients

Julian Amery (Grand Cordon)
General Xhemal Aranitasi, former commander in chief of the Royal Albanian Army
Muharrem Bajraktari (Grand Cordon)
Herman Bernstein 1933
Mieczysław Cygan (Commander)
Lt Col Edward Cuthbert de Renzy-Martin, CMG, DSO, MC
Charles Telford Erickson, 1931
Dimitrije, Serbian Patriarch
Captain Fiqiri Dine (Officer)
Rauf Fico (Officer)
Mehdi Frashëri (Grand Cordon)
Kostaq Kotta (Grand Cordon)
Abaz Kupi (Grand Cordon)
Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (Crown Star)
Ekrem Libohova (Grand Cordon)
Gustav von Myrdacz (Grand Cordon)
Prenk Pervizi (Officer)
Roger Peyrefitte (Knight), 1939 last decoration awarded by King Zog
Alfred Rappaport von Arbengau (Grand Cordon)
David Smiley (Grand Cordon)
Cafo Beg Ulqini (Knight)
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Iliaz Vrioni (Grand Cordon)

For subsequent awards, see Order of Skanderbeg (1990–).

File:Order of Skanderbeg 1.png|Grand Officer star c.1930. File:Order of Skanderbeg 2.png|Grand Officer set c.1930. File:Order of Skanderbeg 5.png|Badge of a Grand Officer set c.1930. File:Skanderbeg by Antonio Maria Crespi.jpg|The namesake of the order; Skanderbeg. File:Order of Skanderbeg 6.png|Grand Officer set. File:Order of Skanderbeg 4.png|Close-up of the badge and neck ribbon of a Grand Officer. File:Order of Skanderbeg 8.png|1930s Grand Officer set. File:Order of Skanderbeg 9.png|Set of the Grand Officer in a case by Cravanzola of Rome. File:Orde van Skanderbeg (Albanië).jpg|Knights class with a Grand Cross star. File:Order of Skanderbeg grand cross badge for ladies (Albania before 1939) - Tallinn Museum of Orders.jpg|Commanders class of the order on a ladies bow. File:King Zog I.jpg|King Zog I of Albania, the orders founder, wearing the star of the Grand Cross. File:Urdhëri i Skënderbeut (1925–39; oficer i madh).jpg|Commanders Class of the order. File:Ordinul a Skanderbeg.jpg|Grand Cross set of insignia. File:Urdhëri i Skënderbeut (1925–39; kordon i madh me yll).jpg|Grand Cross star. c.1935.

References

Rrumbullaku, Filip. (2010). "Dekorimet nga Princ Vidi deri sot". Shtëpia Botuese "Onufri".
Lame, Artan. (2010). "Medaljet Shqiptare, Vëllimi I". Shtëpia Botuese "Toena".
Acović, Dragomir. (2012). "Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima". Službeni Glasnik.

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