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Order of the White Lion
The Order of the White Lion is the highest order of the Czech Republic, which continues a Czechoslovak order of the same name created in 1922 as an award for foreigners ( Czechoslovakia had no decoration for its citizens in 1920s and 1930s). The Order of the White Lion bestowed for distinguished services to the Czech state on a national level.
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