Order of the Golden Lion (Hessen-Kassel)

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Star and badge of the Hessian Order of the Golden Lion

The House-order of the Golden Lion (German: Hausorden vom Goldenen Löwen") of the German state of Hesse-Kassel was instituted on the 14th. of augustus 1770 by Landgraf (count) Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel. The Order was dedicated to Saint Elisabeth of Hungaria, an ancester of the founder and was meant to reward auspicious merit.

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