Order of Viesturs

Order of Viesturs; Viestura ordenis
	Grand Cross of the order with swords
	Awarded by Latvia
Type	5 class Order, with three honor medals. Awarded with swords (military) and without (civil).
Awarded for	merit in service to the armed forces; safeguarding and strengthening national security and social order; defense of the country's borders.
Motto	Confortamini et pugnate; (Be strong and fight)
Statistics
Established	11 August 1938
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Three Stars
Next (lower)	Cross of Recognition
	; Ribbon for civil awards; ; Ribbon for military awards

The Order of Viesturs (Latvian: Viestura ordenis) is a Latvian state order founded in 1938, which was temporarily discontinued in 1940 by the Soviet occupation of Latvia, but was re-established in 2004. The order is named after the medieval historical figure King Viesturs of ancient Semigallia.

Classes of the Order

The order is awarded in the following classes:

Grand Cross: Cross is worn suspended from a sash worn over the shoulder with a breast star.
Grand Officer: Cross is worn suspended from the neck with a breast star
Commander: Cross is worn suspended from the neck
Officer: Cross is worn suspended from a ribbon with rosette worn on the chest
Knight: Cross is worn suspended from a ribbon worn on the chest.

The order also has three medals that may be awarded in the civil or military divisions:

Gold Medal
Silver Medal
Bronze Medal

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References

The State Decorations of Latvia, Office of the President of Latvia
Order of Viesturs

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