Knight/Dame Grand Cordon, Special Class Knight/Dame Grand Cordon Knight/Dame Grand Officer Knight/Dame Commander Knight/Dame Officer Knight/Dame Gold Medal Silver Medal
Ribbon bar of the Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) Order of the Crown of Thailand
The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand (
Thai: เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติยศยิ่งมงกุฎไทย;
RTGS: Khrueang Ratcha-itsariyaphon An Mi Kiattiyot Ying Mongkut Thai) is a Thai order, established in 1869 by
King Rama V of The
Kingdom of Siam (now
Thailand) for Thais, the royal family, governmental employees, and foreign dignitaries for their outstanding services to the Kingdom of Thailand. The order originally had seven classes. The special class was added by
King Rama VI in 1918. Formerly called The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Siam.
A woodcarving of "Maha Surabhorn", the Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Order of the Crown of Siam, version that used from 1869-1909, at gates of Phra Vihara of
Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram, Bangkok.
A
mother-of-pearlinlay of "Maha Surabhorn", the Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Order of the Crown of Siam, version that used from 1869-1909, at gates of Phra Uposatha (the ordination hall) of Wat Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram, Bangkok.
Star of the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) and the Knight Commander (2nd Class) of Order of the Crown of Thailand (design before 1909)
Badge of the Knight Commander (2nd Class) and the Cammander (3rd Class) of Order of the Crown of Thailand (design before 1909)
Current designs
Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) of Order of the Crown of Thailand
Badge of the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) of Order of the Crown of Thailand (obverse)
Badge of the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) of Order of the Crown of Thailand (reverse)
Star of the Knight Grand Cross (1st Class) and the Knight Commander (2nd Class) of Order of the Crown of Thailand
Badge of the Knight Commander (2nd Class) and the Cammander (3rd Class) of Order of the Crown of Thailand
Badge of the Companion (4th Class) of Order of the Crown of Thailand, female version
Badge of the Member (5th Class) of Order of the Crown of Thailand
Silver Medal (7th Class) of Order of the Crown of Thailand, female version
^Oblas, Peter (1972).
"Treaty Revision and the Role of the American Foreign Affairs Adviser 1909-1925"(free). Journal of the Siam Society. JSS Vol. 60.1 (digital). Siam Heritage Trust: image 4. Retrieved March 17, 2013. In the course of his service, Sayre was awarded the Grand Cross of the Crown of Siam. The title of Phya Kalyanamaitri was also bestowed upon him. Francis B. Sayre, Glad Adventure (New York: MacMillan, 1957), p. 105.