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Order of the White Elephant
Thai award
Thai award
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| title | The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant | |
| เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก | ||
| image | [[File:Star of the Order of the White Elephant, special class.png | 250px]] |
| caption | Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant | |
| awarded_by | ||
| [[File:Garuda Emblem of Thailand (Broad wings).svg | 40px]] | |
| the King of Thailand | ||
| type | Military and Civilian Order | |
| eligibility | Royal officials | |
| for | Five years of public service | |
| status | Currently constituted | |
| founder | King Mongkut | |
| head_title | Sovereign | |
| head | King Vajiralongkorn | |
| grades | Knight Grand Cordon | |
| Knight Grand Cross | ||
| Knight Commander | ||
| Commander | ||
| Companion | ||
| Member | ||
| Gold Medal | ||
| Silver Medal | ||
| former_grades | 4 until 1902, 6 until 1909 | |
| established | 1861 | |
| first_induction | 1861 | |
| last_induction | 23 March 2023 | |
| higher | Order of Rama | |
| lower | Order of the Crown of Thailand | |
| image2 | [[File:Order of the White Elephant - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg]] | |
| caption2 | Ribbon bar of the Order of the Knight Grand Cordon |
the Thai chivalric order
NOTOC เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก the King of Thailand Knight Grand Cross Knight Commander Commander Companion Member Gold Medal Silver Medal
The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (; ) is an order of Thailand. It was established in 1861 by King Rama IV of the Kingdom of Siam. Along with the Order of the Crown of Thailand, it is regularly awarded to any government official for services rendered to Thailand for five years, making it Thailand's most-commonly awarded order. the order features the three-headed Airavata, the mount of Sakra, or a white elephant.
Classes
The order consists of eight classes:
| Ribbon | width="20%" | Class | width="20%" | Name | width="15%" | Former Name | width="10%" | Postnominals | width="15%" | Established Date | width="10%" | Order of precedence | ||||||
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| [[File:Order of the White Elephant - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg | center]] | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Order of the White Elephant - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg | center]] | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Order of the White Elephant - 2nd Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg | center]] | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Order of the White Elephant - 3rd Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg | center]] | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Order of the White Elephant - 4th Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg | center]] | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Order of the White Elephant - 5th Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg | center]] | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Order of the White Elephant - Medal (Thailand) ribbon.svg | center]] | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Order of the White Elephant - Medal (Thailand) ribbon.svg | center]] |
Gallery
Old designs
File:Woodcraving of the Order of the White Elephant,1st Class (Maha Varabhorn), Wat Ratchabophit.jpg|A woodcarving of "Maha Varabhorn", the Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Order of the White Elephant, version that was used from 1869 to 1909, at the gates of Phra Vihara of Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram, Bangkok. File:Mother-of-pearl inlay of the Order of the White Elephant,1st Class (Maha Varabhorn), Wat Ratchabophit.jpg|A mother-of-pearl inlay of "Maha Varabhorn", the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) of Order of the White Elephant, version that was used from 1869 to 1909, at the gates of Phra Uposatha of Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram, Bangkok. File:TH Knight's badge of the Order of the White Elephant.jpg|Badge of the Companion (4th Class) of Order of the White Elephant, design before 1909
Current designs
File:Order of the White Elephant - Special Class (Knight Grand Cordon) - badge.jpg|Badge of the Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of Order of the White Elephant File:Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Order of the White Elephant.jpg|Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) of Order of the White Elephant File:Order of the White Elephant - 1st Class (Knight Grand Cross) - badge (1).jpg|Badge of the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) of Order of the White Elephant File:Order of the White Elephant - 1st Class (Knight Grand Cross) - star.jpg|Star of the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) and the Knight Commander (2nd Class) of Order of the White Elephant File:Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant.jpg|Knight Commander (2nd Class) of Order of the White Elephant File:Order of the White Elephant - 3rd Class (Commander) - badge.jpg|Badge of the Knight Commander (2nd Class) and the Commander (3rd Class) of Order of the White Elephant File:Order of the White Elephant - 5th Class (Member) - male.jpg|Badge of the Member (5th Class) of Order of the White Elephant File:Order of the White Elephant - 5th Class (Member) - female.jpg|Badge of the Member (5th Class) of Order of the White Elephant, female version File:Order of the White Elephant - 6th Class (Gold Medal) - female.jpg|Gold Medal (6th Class) of Order of the White Elephant, female version File:Order of the White Elephant - 7th Class (Silver Medal) - male.jpg|Silver Medal (7th Class) of Order of the White Elephant
Selected recipients
- Emperor Napoleon III - Knight Grand Cross (1851, Custom Design)
- Be Biauw Tjoan, Majoor-titulair der Chinezen – Knight (1895)
- Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky - Knight Grand Cross
- Plaek Phibunsongkhram - Knight Grand Cordon
- Sultan Ibrahim of Johor - Knight Grand Cordon
- Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah of Kedah - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chavalit Yongchaiyudh - Knight Grand Cordon
- Sarit Thanarat - Knight Grand Cordon
- Thanom Kittikachorn - Knight Grand Cordon
- Praphas Charusathien - Knight Grand Cordon
- Phin Choonhavan - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prem Tinsulanonda - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chatichai Choonhavan - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prayut Chan-o-cha - Knight Grand Cordon
- Surayud Chulanont - Knight Grand Cordon
- Arthit Kamlang-ek - Knight Grand Cordon
- Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee - Knight Grand Cordon
- Phao Siyanon - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chakthip Chaijinda - Knight Grand Cordon
- Somyot Poompanmoung - Knight Grand Cordon
- Thanasak Patimaprakorn - Knight Grand Cordon
- Pongsapat Pongcharoen - Knight Grand Cordon
- Apirat Kongsompong - Knight Grand Cross
- Pornpipat Benyasri - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chatchai Sriworakan - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chalermpol Srisawat - Knight Grand Cross
- Udomdej Sitabutr - Knight Grand Cordon
- Luechai Rutdit - Knight Grand Cordon
- Naris Pratumsuwan - Knight Grand Cordon
- Airbull Suttiwan - Knight Grand Cross
- Manat Wongwat - Knight Grand Cross
- Prince Paribatra Sukhumbandhu - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Damrong Rajanubhab - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Chula Chakrabongse - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath - Knight Grand Cordon
- Prince Suphayok Kasem - Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class)
- Na Arreenich - Knight Grand Cordon
- Alexander I of Yugoslavia - Knight Grand Cordon
- Bob Hawke - Knight Grand Cordon
- Albert du Roy de Blicquy
- Norodom of Cambodia - Knight Grand Cross
- John T. Cole - Knight Commander
- Pakubuwono X - Knight Grand Cross (1929)
- Try Sutrisno - Knight Grand Cross (1991)
- Widodo Adi Sutjipto - Knight Grand Cross
- Feisal Tanjung - Knight Grand Cross
- Maraden Panggabean - Knight Grand Cross
- Abdul Haris Nasution - Knight Grand Cross (1960)
- R.E. Martadinata - Knight Grand Cross
- Hamengkubuwono IX - Knight Grand Cross
- Endriartono Sutarto - Knight Grand Cross
- L. B. Moerdani - Knight Grand Cross
- Sumitro Djojohadikusumo - Knight Grand Cross
- Kharis Suhud - Knight Grand Cross
- Ali Alatas - Knight Grand Cross (1988) & Knight Grand Cordon (2000)
- Mohamed Bolkiah - Knight Grand Cross
- Jefri Bolkiah - Knight Grand Cordon
- Mahathir Mohamad - Knight Grand Cordon (1981)
- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi - Knight Grand Cross (1994)
- Miklós Horthy - Knight Grand Cross
- The Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Knight Grand Cross
- Foster C. LaHue
- Creighton W. Abrams
- Ramon Magsaysay, 1955.
- Sir Samuel Robinson, 1923.
- Graves B. Erskine - Knight Grand Cross
- Arne Skaug.
- Pierra Vejjabul
- Joseph J. Cappucci - Knight Commander (Second Class)
- David John Collins Awarded by King Rama V in 1897 (Fourth Class)
- Frederick William Verney - Commander
- Queen Victoria
- General William Westmoreland - Knight Grand Cross
- Vice Admiral Józef Unrug
- Major General Richard Secord
- Jiri Sitler - Knight Grand Cross (2006)
- Lieutenant Commander Saman Kunan - Knight Grand Cross (2018)
- Kirill Mikhailovich Barsky - Knight Grand Cross (2019)
References
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