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Order of the National Coat of Arms

Award

Field	Value
name	Order of the National Coat of Arms
image	EST Order of the National Coat of Arms 2nd class badge.jpg
caption	2nd Class Badge of the Order of the National Coat of Arms
country	Estonia
type	Six class order
eligibility	Estonian citizens only
awarded_for	Special services rendered to the state
status	Currently awarded
established	7 October 1936
higher	None
same	Cross of Liberty
lower	Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
image2	[[File:Ruban du collier de l'ordre du Blason national d'Estonie.png	100px]]
Collar

caption2	Ribbon bars of the Order of the National Coat of Arms

| post-nominals = Collar

The Order of the National Coat of Arms (, ) was instituted by Konstantin Päts on 7 October 1936, to commemorate 24 February 1918, the day on which Estonian independence was declared. The Order of the National Coat of Arms is bestowed only on Estonian citizens, as the highest decoration for services rendered to the state.

Classes

The Order of the National Coat of Arms comprises six classes:

One special class – the Collar of the Order of the National Coat of Arms;
Five ordinary classes – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th class.

The greater national coat of arms is depicted on all the decorations of all the classes of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, it is gold-plated on both sides, and bears on its reverse the embossed date "24. II 1918". The colour tone of the blue moiré ribbons belonging to the decorations of all the classes of the Order of the National Coat of Arms is determined according to the international PANTONE colour table as 285 C.

Collar

The collar of the Order of the National Coat of Arms is the insignia of the office of the President of Estonia, the collar was unique in the order. However, during the Soviet occupation the original collar made in 1936 had been carried away by the occupying forces to the Armoury (Оружейная палата, Oruzhejjnaja palata) of the Moscow Kremlin as a trophy and the collar has never returned to Estonia. In 2008, a newly made copy of the original collar was again worn by the President of Estonia as the insignia of office.

Special sash

Special sash (Riigivapi teenetemärgi erisuurpael) was received by Konstantin Päts after he acceded to the post of the President of the Republic.

Gallery

File:EST Order of the National Coat of Arms 1st class badge star.jpg|First-class badge, sash and star File:Orde van het Rijkswapen Estland.jpg|Fifth-class medal Vabariigi Presidendi ametisse astumise tseremoonia, Kersti Kaljulaid (crop2).jpg|The collar of the order as worn by president Kersti Kaljulaid in 2016.

References

"Decorations Act". Riigikantselei.

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