Order of the Crown (Iran)

The Order of the Crown (Persian: نشان تاج, Neshan-e Taj) was founded in 1913 (1332 AH)^[1] by Ahmad Shah Qajar before his coronation as the highest dynastical and state order. Until 1926 it existed in two classes (with breast star and sash for both). The 1st class had a collar (neck chain with badge as a pendant) reserved for the Shahanshah and the Crown-Prince. The Order was preserved in Iran after the fall of the Qajar dynasty.

Order of the Crown
Grand Cordon insignia of the Order
Awarded by Head of the Iranian Imperial Family
Type	Dynastic Order
Royal house	House of Pahlavi
Sovereign	Crown Prince Reza of Iran
Grades	Knight/Dame Grand Cordon, Knight/Dame Grand Officer, Knight/Dame
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Lion and the Sun
Next (lower)	Order of the Red Lion and the Sun
Equivalent	Order of the Pleiades
Ribbon of the Order

The first Shah of the Pahlavi dynasty, Reza Shah, reformed the order at the end of the year in 1938/39. Until then, the sash was blue with thin green-white borders but, after the reform, it became corn-yellow with sky-blue edges.The order was the senior one after the dynastic Order of Pahlavi. It was abolished in 1979 following the Iranian revolution.^[1]

See also

• Lion and Sun