Order of the White Elephant explained

The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก
Awarded By:

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

The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (Thai: เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือก;) 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.[1] the order features the three-headed Airavata, the mount of Sakra, or a white elephant.

Classes

The order consists of eight classes:

Ribbon Class Name Former Name[2] Postnominals Established Date Order of precedence[3]
Knight Grand Cordon
(Special Class) 		มหาปรมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก
(Maha Paramabhorn Chang Phueak) 		- MPCh (GCE) 16 November 1909 8
Knight Grand Cross
(First Class) 		ประถมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก
(Prathamabhorn Chang Phueak) 		มหาวราภรณ์
Maha Varabhorn		PCh (KCE) 1869 10
Knight Commander
(Second Class) 		ทวีติยาภรณ์ช้างเผือก
(Dvitiyabhorn Chang Phueak) 		จุลวราภรณ์
Chula Varabhorn		DCh (KCE)1869 15
Commander
(Third Class) 		ตริตาภรณ์ช้างเผือก
(Tritabhorn Chang Phueak) 		นิภาภรณ์
Nibhabhorn		TCh (CE) 1869 23
Companion
(Fourth Class) 		จัตุรถาภรณ์ช้างเผือก
(Chattruthabhorn Chang Phueak) 		ภูษนาภรณ์
Bhusanabhorn		ChCh (OE) 1869 28
Member
(Fifth Class) 		เบญจมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก
(ฺBenchamabhorn Chang Phueak) 		ทิพยาภรณ์
Dibyabhorn		BCh (ME)1873 33
Gold Medal
(Sixth Class) 		เหรียญทองช้างเผือก
(Rian Thong Chang Phueak) 		- RThCh (G.M.E.) 20 July 1902 52
Silver Medal
(Seventh Class) 		เหรียญเงินช้างเผือก
(Rian Ngoen Chang Phueak) 		- RNgCh (S.M.E.)20 July 1902 55

Gallery

Current designs

Selected recipients

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20070107235148/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2536/A/222/1.PDF Regulation of the Office of the Prime Minister regarding nominations for the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant and the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, B.E. 2536
  2. News: The Order of the White Elephant, Rattanakosin Era 128, Volume 26, Part 0 B . https://web.archive.org/web/20111114191337/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2452/A/70.PDF . dead . November 14, 2011 . 29 January 2012 . . . 28 November 1909 . 70 . Thai.
  3. News: Announcement of the Prime Minister's Office Re: Order of Honor of Thai Insignia, Volume 110, Part 29 G, Special Issue . https://web.archive.org/web/20111114193956/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2536/D/029/1.PDF . dead . November 14, 2011 . 29 January 2012 . . . 12 March 1993 . 1 . Thai.
  4. Post . Peter . Java's Capitan Cina and Javanese Royal families: Status, Modernity and Power- Major Titular Be Kwat Koen and Mungkunegoro VII . International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies . 2010 . 13 . 49–66 . 6 December 2019.
  5. https://kepustakaan-presiden.perpusnas.go.id/cabinet_personnel/popup_profil_pejabat.php?id=115&presiden_id=2&presiden=suharto President Suharto
  6. Book: ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ให้แก่ชาวต่างประเทศ รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศอาเซียนและประเทศคู่เจรจา รวม ๖ ราย. 26 February 2024. TH.
  7. Book: ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ให้แก่ชาวต่างประเทศ [นายอาลี อลาตัส]]. 26 February 2024. TH.
  8. Web site: A kormányzó érdemrendjei, kitüntetései és jelvényei. Vitezirend.co.hu. hu. The awards and badges of the governor. 2018-07-22.
  9. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A11FB3D59127A93C5A91782D85F4C8585F9&scp=3&sq=samuel+robinson&st=p "Capt. Samuel Robinson, Who Won Fame For Rescue Work in Jap Quake, Dies,"
  10. Book: Windsor, Laura Lynn. Women in medicine: an encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. 2002. 204. 1-57607-392-0.
  11. Court Circular. Court and Social. 3 July 1880. 11. 29924. G.
  12. Web site: Major General Richard V. Secord. February 1982. af.mil. United States Air Force. en-US. 2018-07-22.
  13. [Jiri Sitler]
  14. News: Ex-Seal Saman posthumously promoted . 21 July 2018 . Bangkok Post . 14 July 2018.
  15. Web site: Royal Thai Embassy, Moscow, Russia . May 17, 2019 . Ceremony of the Conferment of the Royal Decoration Presented to the Former Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Thailand .

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