Wilhelmsorden

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The "Wilhelmsorden" of Hesse-Kassel was instituted by the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I on the 20th. of august 1851 as a civil and military Order of Merit. It was composed of the three lower grades of the Order of the Golden Lion and a Grand Cross was added.

The motto of the Order was "VIRTUTI ET FIDELITATE" and the ribbon was Carmine-red.

On the first of august 1866 Hesse-Kassel was annexed by Prussia and on the third of october of tha year the Hesse-Kassellian Orders were incorporated into the Prussian system of honours. On the 27th. of august 1875 the Order was abolished.

The Order is not to be confused with the exclusive

• Military Order of William of the Netherlands

or

• The Wilhelm-Orden of Prussia.

Literature:

• Maximilian Gritzner, "Handbuch der Ritter-und Verdienstorden". Leipzig 1893}}