Draft:Order of Phoxay Lane Xang

Order of Phoxay Lane Xang
Order of Phoxay Lane Xang(obverse)
Typesingle grade order
Awarded forexceptional contributions to the Phoxay Lane Xang of Lao PDR
Presented by Laos
Eligibilityforeign leaders for improving the relationship and collaboration with
StatusActive
Established1992
Ribbon of the Order of Phoxay Lane Xang
RelatedOrder of Civic Merit of Laos

The Order of Phoxay Lane Xang (Lao: ອິດສະລິຍາພົອນໂພໄຊລ້ານຊ້າງ) is a high honor for merit in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

The order is awarded by H.E. The President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith. The order was established in 1992. This medal and its insignia were presented in Prime Minister's speech No. 57/Nor. Yor., on June 22.[1]

Design edit

Roundish breast badge, gold with enamels, ? mm across, with “hero” style suspension ribbon.
The obverse: two sets of eight shallow points with shallow points in the angles, the outer set in green enamel with a thin chain-like gold design & the inner set being gold, with a central disk in green with a design of a gold stupa and tree on green enamel background, & below on a red ribbon the name of the award in Lao inscription. Suspension: two gold curlicues ending in Lao design flames. The Ribbon is 22mm; blue 2.5mm, red 1.5mm, blue 14mm, red 1.5mm, blue 2.5mm. The material is gold 40% and silver 60%. The total weight = 3.5 Baht (14 sarung) (53.354 gm).[2]

Recipients edit

Year appointed Class Name
1992 Order of Phoxay Lane Xang Queen Sirikit (Thailand)[3]
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Thailand)[3]
Alberto Fujimori (Peru)
Thomas Klestil (Austria)
1993 King Harald V (Norway)
Queen Margrethe II (Denmark)
King Norodom Sihanouk (Cambodia)
1999 Carlos Saul Menem (Argentina)
2004 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (Brunei)[3]
2005 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Philippines)

References edit

  1. ^ Guy Stair Sainty in "World Orders of Knighthood"
  2. ^ Sylvester, J. The Orders and Medals of Cambodia and Laos, 1986: pp. 5-8.
  3. ^ a b c Recipients of the Medal of Phoxay Lane Xang. THE ORDERS AND MEDALS OF THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC indochinamedals.com (11 April 2023). Retrieved on 10 September 2023.

External links edit

  • Les Compagnons de la Libération - Croix et Attributs ", de Cyrille CARDONA, édité par la SAMOL, 2022, ISBN 978-2-9581971-0-0
  • Indochina Medals, THE ORDERS AND MEDALS OF LAOS
  • Medals of the World, Laos
  • Medals book of Laos


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