What is Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria?
{{infobox military award | name = Order of Merit of the Austrian Republic | image = | caption = Grand Star and Sash of the Order | awarded_by = {{AUT}} | country = | type = [[State decoration]] <br> with 15 Grades | eligibility = | for = Meritorious service <br>to the Austrian nation | campaign = | status = | description = National Order of Merit | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = 2 April 1952 | first_award = | last_award = | total = | posthumous = | recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = | higher = None | same = | lower = [[Austrian Decoration for Science and Art|Austrian Decoration for Science and the Arts]] | related = | image2 = [[File: AUT Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria - Bronze Medal BAR.png|85px]] | caption2 = Ribbon of the Order }} The '''Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria''' is a [[Order (distinction)|national honour]] awarded by the [[Republic of Austria]]. It is a visible [[honour]]. It is also called the '''Order of Merit of the Austrian Republic'''. The Order has 15 levels. It is Austria's highest honour. ==Notable recipients== Below is a list with names of all Grand Star recipients and other notable recipients. It is in order of date. ===Grand Star recipients=== ==== Royal Houses ==== *[[Haile Selassie]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] between 1930 and 1974 (1954) *[[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], [[Emperor of Persia]] from 1941 to 1979 (1958) *[[Albert II of Belgium|Albert II]], [[King of the Belgians]] since 1993 (1958) *[[Elizabeth II]], [[Queen of the United Kingdom]] and other [[Commonwealth Realm]]s since 1952 (1966) *[[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], Prince consort of Queen Elizabeth II (1966) *[[Olav V of Norway|Olav V]], [[King of Norway]] from 1957 to 1991 (1966) *[[Queen Paola of