Order of the White Elephant
The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant is an order of Thailand. It was established in 1861 by King Rama IV of the Kingdom of Siam. Along with the Order of the Crown of Thailand, it is regularly awarded to any government official for services rendered to Thailand for five years, making it Thailand's most-commonly awarded order.
Classes
The order consists of eight classes:Ribbon | Class | Name | Postnominals | Former Name | Established Date | Order of precedence |
Knight Grand Cordon | มหาปรมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก | KGE | - | 16 November 1909 | 8 | |
Knight Grand Cross | ประถมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก | GCE | มหาวราภรณ์ Maha Varabhorn | 1869 | 10 | |
Knight Commander | ทวีติยาภรณ์ช้างเผือก | KCE | จุลวราภรณ์ Chula Varabhorn | 1869 | 15 | |
Commander | ตริตาภรณ์ช้างเผือก | CE | นิภาภรณ์ Nibhabhorn | 1869 | 23 | |
Companion | จัตุรถาภรณ์ช้างเผือก | OE | ภูษนาภรณ์ Bhusanabhorn | 1869 | 28 | |
Member | เบญจมาภรณ์ช้างเผือก | ME | ทิพยาภรณ์ Dibyabhorn | 1873 | 33 | |
Gold Medal | เหรียญทองช้างเผือก | G.M.E | - | 20 July 1902 | 52 | |
Silver Medal | เหรียญเงินช้างเผือก | S.M.E | - | 20 July 1902 | 55 |
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Selected recipients
- Emperor Napoleon III - Knight Grand Cross
- Be Biauw Tjoan, Majoor-titulair der Chinezen – Knight
- Plaek Phibunsongkhram - Knight Grand Cordon
- Sultan Ibrahim of Johor - Knight Grand Cordon
- Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah of Kedah - Knight Grand Cordon
- Chavalit Yongchaiyudh - Knight Grand Cordon
- Alexander I of Yugoslavia - Knight Grand Cordon
- Bob Hawke - Knight Grand Cordon
- Albert du Roy de Blicquy
- Norodom of Cambodia - Knight Grand Cross
- John T. Cole - Knight Commander
- Pakubuwono X - Knight Grand Cross
- Miklós Horthy - Knight Grand Cross
- The Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Knight Grand Cross
- Foster C. LaHue
- Sir Samuel Robinson, 1923.
- Graves B. Erskine - Knight Grand Cross
- Arne Skaug.
- Pierra Vejjabul
- Joseph J. Cappucci - Knight Commander
- David John Collins Awarded by King Rama V in 1897
- Frederick William Verney - Commander
- Queen Victoria
- General William Westmoreland - Knight Grand Cross
- Vice Admiral Józef Unrug
- Major General Richard Secord
- Jiri Sitler - Knight Grand Cross
- Lieutenant Commander Saman Kunan - Knight Grand Cross