Military Order of St. Henry

Military Order of St. Henry Militär-St. Heinrichs-Orden
Wearer's copy (Spangenstück) of a Knight's Cross, obverse and reverse
Type	Military Order of Merit
Awarded for	Bravery and military merit
Description	gold Maltese cross with a white-enameled border; the center medallion, ringed in blue enamel, features a portrait of St. Henry. Suspended from a royal crown.
Presented by	Electorate of Saxony Kingdom of Saxony
Eligibility	Saxon military officers and officers of allied states
Status	Obsolete
Established	October 7, 1736
First awarded	1736
Last awarded	1918
Ribbon of the order
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Rue Crown
Next (lower)	Albert Order

The Military Order of St. Henry (Militär-St. Heinrichs-Orden) was a military order of the Kingdom of Saxony, a member state of the German Empire. The order was the oldest military order of the states of the German Empire. It was founded on October 7, 1736 by Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. The order underwent several more revisions over the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It became obsolete with the fall of the Saxon monarchy in the wake of Germany's defeat in World War I.^[1]