Order of St Joachim

The St. Joachim's Order, and Order of St. Joachim, was a knight in the Order of Saxe-Coburg.

It was donated on 20 June 1755. As founder next to the Prince Christian Franz von Sachsen- Coburg -Saalfeld fourteen more noble, dukes, princes and counts are called. At the beginning of the Order of existence he was called Providenzorden. Later named to the Order in Jonathan Orders ( long name: Jonathan Order of defending the honor of Divine Providence ) until he finally named St. Joachim Medal was awarded. There were always recording fees due, which were quite plentiful. Sense of the order was the least financial support of low income members.

Grand Master was Christian Franz von Sachsen- Coburg -Saalfeld. By the statutes was determined that only a sovereign could be grandmasters. With transfer of the Office of the Grand Duke of Berg, Joachim Murat, in 1806, the end of the order was mapped out. After the takeover of the throne of Naples (August 1, 1808 Napoleon's desire ) is no longer came the Grand Duke his religious duty and that the Order became extinct by about 1820.

1802 was the Order of the Grand Master, the Grand Prior ( Count Julius von Sodan ), 14 major commanders and 17 commanders. When the knights there were 44 members. There were still 1 Grand Cross Dame and 2 Small Cross ladies, as well as nine honorary Members of the Order. The last office was Bamberg.

In Bavaria and several other countries, the Order was forbidden.

Order decoration

The medal decoration was a golden white enamelled eight-pointed cross. In the central medallion was the image of St. Joachim. The cross had the upper cross arm an open helmet. A breast star with a green cross in the middle part of it.

Ribbon

The ribbon was kept in dark green.