Honours
A few days before National Day, the Grand Duke rewards people who have distinguished themselves through professional merit, services to the country, loyalty to the Grand Duke or their defence of a good cause.
The Honours are awarded in the form of a decoration: a medal, a cross or an insignia. Orders are an integral part of a country's traditions. In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, there is a wide range of orders.
The four best known are:
- the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau;
- the Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolphe de Nassau
- the Order of the Oak Crown
- the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Grand Duke Henri is the Grand Master of these four orders. It is the highest title in the hierarchy of a chivalric order, or civil or military order. The Marshal of the Court is the Chancellor for the first two orders. The Minister of State, President of the Government, is the Chancellor of the other two. The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Order's rules and regulations.
