Orders, decorations, and medals of Sildavia and Borduria

The Orders, decorations, and medals of Sildavia and Borduria covers those decorations awarded by the Queen in name of the state. The Hergerian honors system goes back to 2020 with the establishment of the Order of the Rose by the Queen Maria I.

The Hergerian honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery, achievement or service to the Kingdom and consists of three types of award: honours and decorations, such as titles and order, in recgonition to merit in terms of deeds, achievements and services to the country; and medals, to recognise bravery, long and/or valuable service and/or good conduct.

Current orders

Name	Ranks	Established	Motto	Description
Order of the Black Pelican Ordem do Pelicano Negro	Royal Knights (CROPN) and Ladies Companion (DROPN), Knights (COPN) and Ladies Companion (DOPN), and Stranger Knights (CEOPN) and Ladies Companion (DEOPN)	22 April 2020	Patria tuenda mea est officium Defending the homeland is my duty	Dynastic order
Order of Alexandra Feodorovna Ordem de Alexandra Feodorovna	Dames (OAFM)	20 October 2021	In Honorem Martyris In honour of the Martyr	Dynastic order
Order of Ottokar Ordem de Ottokar	Grand Cross (GCO) Commander (CCO) Official (MO) Knight (KO)	10 July 2016	Qui Ludere Cum Spinis Scabere Who stirs with thorns, is scratched	Dynastic order
Order of the Royal House of Sildavia Ordem da Casa Real Sildava	Grand Cross (GCOCRS) Knight (COCRS) Dame (DOCRS)	17 February 2021	None	House Order
Order of Sildavian Merit Ordem do Mérito da Sildávia	Grand Cross (GCOMS), Official (OOMS), Knight (COMS) and Dame (DOMS)	27 February 2020	Per Merito Patriae By merit of the Fatherland	Order of Merit
Order of Klöw Ordem de Klöw	Grand Cross (GCOK), Knight (COK) and Dame (DOK)	1 July 2021	Em honra pela pátria e por Klöw In honor of the Fatherland and Klöw	Dynastic order

Imperial Dominion Honours

Name	Ranks	Ribbon	Established	Motto	Description
Imperial Order of the Bordurian Eagle Ordem Imperial da Águia Borduriana	Knights (COIAB) and Ladies (DOIAB) Companion , and Stranger Knights (CEOIAB) and Ladies Companion (CEOIAB) (For foreigners and heads of state)		9 March 2021	Empire et Mon Droit	None	Dynastic Order

Royal Family Orders

Name	Ribbon	Established	Description
Royal Family Order of the Queen Maria Ordem da Família Real da Rainha Maria		17 February 2021	Royal Family Order

Former orders

Order of the Rose (2020)
Foundation Medal of Sildavia (2021-2022)

Special Commemorative Medals

Other honours and appointments

As the 'fountain of honour' in Sildavia and Borduria, the Queen has the sole right of conferring all titles of honour, including titles of nobility, knighthoods and gallantry awards. There are six common ranks of hereditary nobility in Sildavia and Borduria, and they are Duke, Marquis, Count, Viscount, Baron and Baronet. Most of these titles are normally given only to nationals, but it can be was given to foreigners.