Type Order of Merit Established 1 May 1840 | Sovereign Grand Duke of Hesse Last induction 1918 | |
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Motto SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS Status Monarchy dissolved in 1918. | ||
The Order of Philip the Magnanimous (German: Orden Philipps des Großmütigen) was an Order of Merit established on 1 May 1840 by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse. The order was founded on the name day of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse in his honour as a general order of merit.
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