order
Let an agent explain orders and decorations as honours, distinguish orders of merit from medals and from other senses of the word order, relay statutes, grades, precedence and display rules from conferring authorities, and identify insignia from reliable references.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain orders and decorations as honours, distinguish orders of merit from medals and from other senses of the word order, relay statutes, grades, precedence and display rules from conferring authorities, and identify insignia from reliable references.
An honour conferred by a state, monarch or other authority in recognition of merit or service, taking the form of membership of an order of chivalry or merit, or of a decoration such as a medal, cross or star, worn according to rules of precedence; orders and decorations have grades, insignia and statutes, and their award and display are regulated by the conferring authority.
What it is for: Recognising merit and service.
It can be explain kinds of honour and their grades; relay statutes and precedence rules; identify insignia from references; separate this sense from other senses of order.
Distinguishing features
Conferred honour
Grades and insignia
Statutes and precedence
State or dynastic authority
What it looks like
A badge, medal, cross or star on a ribbon or sash, with a ribbon bar for everyday wear.
How it is recognised
Insignia conferred by an authority for merit
Grades such as knight, commander and grand cross
Religious orders, military orders as units and legal orders are other senses
Related models
is a kind of - an honour
is a kind of - in its insignia
is conferred by - or another authority
is confused with - another sense of order
In practice
Families and kinds
orders of chivalry and merit
decorations for gallantry and distinguished service
campaign and service medals
commemorative medals
international and military decorations
dynastic and private orders
Identifiers
post-nominal letters per order such as GCB
order of precedence position per country
Standards and regulation
Statutes of each order and decoration
National orders of precedence and wearing regulations
Laws on acceptance of foreign honours
Rules against unauthorised wearing and sale
Failure modes and hazards
Misidentifying insignia
Unauthorised wearing and fraud
Confusing senses of order
Political sensitivity of some honours
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.order-act
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Concept What an honour is.
Definition.
Definition
Kinds and grades.
Definition
Definition.
- What kinds of orders and decorations exist, and what do their grades mean? definition
- Is the question about an honour or another sense of order? boundary
Identify
Identifying insignia.
Identify
Identify.
- How is a given insignia identified, and which references are reliable? action
- Which entry fits the specific order or medal? action
Rules Statutes and precedence.
Regulation.
Statutes
Statutes and award.
Statutes
Statutes.
- Who confers the honour, under what statutes, and for what merit? provenance
- Which entry fits the conferring authority? action
Wearing
Precedence and wearing.
Wearing
Wearing.
- What rules govern precedence, wearing and post-nominals? provenance
- Which entry fits orders of precedence? action
Record Recipients and records.
Sourced facts.
Recipients
Recipients.
Recipients
Recipients.
- Where are recipients recorded, and how are claims verified? provenance
- Is a statement about a recipient sourced? boundary
Foreign
Foreign honours.
Foreign
Foreign.
- What rules apply to accepting and wearing foreign honours? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Context History and collecting.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did orders and decorations develop from medieval chivalry to modern systems? provenance
- Which entry fits phaleristics? action
Collecting
Collecting and trade.
Collecting
Collecting.
- What rules and ethics apply to collecting and trading honours? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral about contested honours? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should orders and medals be separate entries?
- How should honours registers be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific decorations; should they be split off?