Order of the Cloud and Banner

The Order of the Cloud and Banner (Chinese: 雲麾勳章/雲麾勛章) also known as the Order of the Resplendent Banner is a military award of the Republic of China. It was instituted on June 15, 1935 and is awarded in nine grades for contributions to national security.^[1] The insignia of the order features a fluttering yellow flag, surrounded by white clouds on a blue field. This image is surrounded by golden rays.^[2]

Order of the Cloud and Banner
Awarded for	Contributions to national security or quelling internal unrest
Country	Republic of China
Presented by	President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Status	Currently awarded
Established	15 June 1935
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Sacred Tripod
Next (lower)	Order of Loyalty and Valour

Grades

The order is divided into nine grades, they are as follows:^[2]

Grade	Name	Grade	Ribbon
1st	Order of the Cloud and Banner (雲麾勳章)	with Special Grand Cordon (特種大綬)[3]
2nd		with Grand Cordon (大綬)[4]
3rd		with Yellow Grand Cordon (黃色大綬)[4]
4th		with Special Cravat (特種領綬)[5]
5th		with Cravat (領綬)[5]
6th		with Special Rosette (特種襟綬附勳表)[5]
7th		with Rosette (襟綬附勳表)[5]
8th		with Special Ribbon (特種襟綬)[5]
9th		with Ribbon (襟綬)[5]

Recipients

International

• Edward McGill Alexander
• John R. Allen
• Henry H. Arnold
• Claude Auchinleck
• Daniel E. Barbey
• Paul David Miller
• Sylvester R. Foley Jr.
• Carlisle Trost
• Robert O. Bare
• Thomas B. Hayward
• Gilbert Bartholomew RAF British Air Attaché to China 1943-46
• John Birch (missionary)
• Alan Bruce Blaxland
• Charles Bond (pilot)
• Leslie Bonnet RAF Officer
• Wilburt S. Brown
• Joseph J. Cappucci
• Bernard Chacksfield
• Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
• Levi R. Chase
• Claire Lee Chennault
• Philip Christison
• Vasily Chuikov
• Gareth Clayton (RAF officer)
• William T. Clement
• Henry Crowe (RAF officer)
• Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
• Maj. Gen. Marion L. Dawson (USMC)
• Sydney de Kantzow
• Jimmy Doolittle
• Col. Jerry B. Disharoon (USAF)
• Gabriel P. Disosway
• Denis Earp
• Dr.C. Dexter Ebertz DVM
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Peter Fleming
• William Foster MacNeece Foster
• Julian N. Frisbie
• Charles G. Frizell
• Guy Garrod
• Wallace M. Greene
• Vernon M. Guymon
• Hunter Harris Jr.
• Tex Hill
• John A. Hilger
• Bruce K. Holloway
• Frederick J. Horne
• Samuel L. Howard
• Byron F. Johnson
• Lt. General Sir Gordon Jolly
• Louis R. Jones
• C. Turner Joy
• Robert Halperin
• Robert P. Keller
• Timofey Khryukin
• Nikolay Krylov
• Kim Hong-il
• Willard A. Kitts
• Keith G. Lindell
• John P. Lucas
• Robert B. Luckey
• Alvin Luedecke
• Rodion Malinovsky
• Dr. Harold Marcus
• Arthur T. Mason
• James M. Masters, Sr.
• John H. Masters
• Verne J. McCaul
• Lt. Col. Alfred Medendorp^[6]
• Georg Meiring
• Kirill Meretskov
• Thomas Hinman Moorer
• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
• Ronald Gilbert Payne^[7]
• DeWitt Peck
• Richard Peirse
• Roy Benjamin Pitts
• Earl S. Piper
• Chesty Puller
• Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
• Edward F. Rector
• Keller E. Rockey
• Richard P. Ross Jr.
• John Dale Ryan
• Alfredo M. Santos
• Thomas G. W. Settle
• Samuel R. Shaw
• Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.
• Austin Shofner
• Robert T. Smith
• Marcos Soliman
• George E. Stratemeyer
• Stepan Suprun
• Rafael Cavanillas Prosper
• Glen Syndercombe
• Carlos Talbott
• Neil D. Van Sickle
• Constand Viljoen
• John W. Vogt Jr.
• William Childs Westmoreland
• Lewis William Walt
• Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
• William J. Whaling
• Isaac D. White
• Frederick L. Wieseman
• Louis E. Woods
• William A. Worton
• Harry E. Yarnell
• John C. Young
• Lt. Col Alan Engle (USAF)
• Russell F. Brown (US NAVY)

Lt Col James R Mitchell, USAF

Chinese generals

• Chang Guan-chung
• Chen Changjie (general)
• Hu Zongnan
• Huang Wei
• Li Mi (Republic of China general)
• Qiu Qingquan
• Shen Yi-ming
• Yen Teh-fa
• Zheng Dongguo

See also

List of orders, decorations and medals of the Republic of China