Order of St. Sava
The St. Sava Order, also Sabaorden, was awarded as a Serbian Order of Merit in the Kingdom of Serbia and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as a state award. It was donated on 23 January 1883 by King Milan I of Serbia. Since 1945 he is the highest award of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Under the new Order Act of 1883, this new order was created at that single Takovo Order. The Takovo Order was transformed into a pure and Military Order of St. Sava Order should now appreciate the merits of the arts, science, in education and in religion.
He is named after the Serbian Saint Sava, and Sabbas, named. This was the youngest brother of the first Serbian King Stephan and also the first Serbian writer. He was revered as the founder of the Serbian people and education to the monastery Chilandar founded in 1192 on Mount Athos, which was considered as the root of science and art in the country.
Order of classes
The order had five classes.
- Grand Cross
- Grand Officer
- Commander
- Officer
- Knight
Order decoration
An enameled eight-pointed Maltese cross with gold edging and small balls at the eight points of the cross is the decoration. The cross is enamelled white and has a blue border. In the cross angles is ever a golden double-headed eagle. The eagles breast shows the Serbian coat of arms in an oval. For the first three classes of the crest is designed in color. In oval medallion is located on the front on the Gold colored image of St. Sava. In blue enamelled gold aggregated frost are the Serbian initials in gold " In your own home, the power is found." This comes from an old Serbian Church Proverbs.
The reverse shows the intertwined initials of the founder ML in the medallion topped with a crown. The frost is in the reverse golden laurel branches. Attached to the cross of the Order a broken golden royal crown and a golden ornament at the cross arm completes the decoration.
Only for the fifth grade, everything is made of silver. The Klassenstufung was also about the size.
Ribbon and carrying method
The ribbon was white and provided on both sides with a light blue wide stripes.
The first class was wearing the Order as a sash over his shoulder. II and III. Class wore a neck medal and the last two classes decorated in his buttonhole. The Fourth Class took the tape in the form of a rosette.
The Order Star addition was intended for the First and Second Class. This is a brillantierte with the cross of the Order of occupied center chest star. The crown was missing and was just the second class, only slightly smaller.
Bearers
- Albert Meyer
- Viktor von Heeren, Grand Cross
- Ernst von Weizsäcker, Grand Cross
See also: List of winners of the St. Sava