Order of the Quetzal

Order of the Quetzal
Orden del Quetzal
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The star and the cordon of the order
(Grand Cross Rank)
Awarded by  Guatemala
TypeOrder
Awarded forartistic, civic, humanitarian, or scientific merit
StatusCurrently constituted
SovereignPresident of Guatemala
GradesChain
Grand Cross
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight
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Ribbon bar for Grand Cross
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Ribbon bar for Grand Officer
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Ribbon bar for Commander
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Ribbon bar for Officer
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Ribbon bar for Knight

Collar of the order

The Order of the Quetzal (Spanish: Orden del Quetzal) is Guatemala’s highest honor.

History and award conditions

Established in 1936, it is bestowed by the Government of Guatemala. The award acknowledges officials of nations, organizations and other entities whose artistic, civic, humanitarian, or scientific works merit special recognition.

Grades

  • Collar: Golden chain around the neck
  • Grand Cross: Badge hanging from a sash from right shoulder to left hip and star on the left chest
  • Grand Officer: Badge hanging from a sash around the neck and non-enamelled star on the left chest.
  • Commander: Badge hanging from a sash around the neck
  • Officer: Badge hanging from a ribbon with rosette on the left chest
  • Knight: Badge hanging from a ribbon without rosette on the left chest. The badge is not golden.

Insignia

The badge is a ten-pointed cross with five branches and a medallion representing the coat of arms of Guatemala. The branches are light blue with a wide dark blue border. On the white ring is inscribed "AL MERITO GUATEMALA". The ribbon is light blue with thin white borders.

Recipients

Year Awarded to
1936 Benito Mussolini
1949 Edwin Jackson Kyle
1956 Chiang Kai-Shek
1959 Golda Meir
1958 Roberto González Goyri
1960 Flavio Herrera
1960 Frederic Rosengarten
1960 General Manuel Francisco Sosa Avila
1961 Paul Carpenter Standley
1962 François Durafour
1962 Martha Bolaños de Prado
1963 Johannes Marré
1968 Augustus Ledyard Smith
1975 J. Eric S. Thompson
1976 Carmen Lind Pettersen
1977 Francis Robicsek, MD, PhD
1980 Tatiana Proskouriakoff
1987 Richard von Weizsäcker
1991 Yuri Knorozov
1992 Fredrick Chien
1995 Michel Gabaudan
1995 Diego Molina Flores
1998 Teodoro Palacios Flores
2001 Jacques Diouf
2003 René Lara
2004 Michael D. Coe
2004 Jorge Briz
2005 Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch
1957, 2009 Alberto Fuentes Mohr
2009 Juan Carlos Plata
2009 Fidel Castro
2010 Carlos Castresana
2011 Rodolfo Mac Donald
2011 Leonel Fernández
2011 Stephen D. Houston
2011 Julia Isabel Urrutia Castellanos
2013 Ricardo Arjona
2013 National Geographic Society
2013 Rotary Foundation
2013 Michael Wiley McCord, M.D.
2014 Luis von Ahn
2015 Luis Argueta
2017 Fernando Mazariegos, Edmond Mulet, Richard Hansen
2017 Tsai Ing-wen
? José Antonio Padilla Segura
? Julio María Sanguinetti
? Kjell Magne Bondevik
? Rafael Arévalo Martínez
? Julio Abril Valdez
? Augusto Pinochet
? Alfredo Stroessner
? Juan Domingo Perón
? Jorge Rafael Videla
? Sophia of Spain and Juan Carlos I of Spain
2020 Vicente Gonzalez

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