Orders, decorations, and medals of Greece

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Chapters: Military awards and decorations of Greece, Order of Beneficence, Order of George I, Order of SS. George and Constantine, Order of SS. Olga and Sophia, Order of the Redeemer, Margrethe II of Denmark, Constantine Kanaris, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, George II of Greece, Paul of Greece, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Queen Sofía of Spain, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Lancelot Holland, Order of Honour, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Arthur Judson Brown, Wilfrid Woods, Petros Mavromichalis, George Hamilton D'Oyly Lyon, Order of the Phoenix, War Cross, Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Louis Bols, Order of Saints George and Constantine, Cross of Valour, Georgios Kountouriotis, Order of Saints Olga and Sophia, Andreas Zaimis. Excerpt: Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (10 December 1891 - 16 June 1969) was a British military commander and field marshal of Anglo-Irish descent who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian Confederation. Alexander was born in London, United Kingdom, to parents of noble heritage, and was educated at English public schools before moving on to Sandhurst for training as an army officer. He rose to prominence through his service in the First World War, receiving numerous honours and decorations, and continued his military career through various British campaigns across Europe and Asia. In the Second World War, Alexander acted as a high ranking commander in North Africa and Italy. He commanded 15th Army Group in Sicily and again in Italy before being made Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean. He was in 1946 appointed as governor general by George VI, king of Canada, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King, to replace the Earl of Athlone as viceroy, and he occupied the post until succeeded by Vincent Massey in 1952. Alexander proved to be enthusiastic about the Canadian wilderness, as well as a popular governor general with the Canadian people, and he would be the last non-Canadian-born governor general before the appointment of Adrienne Clarkson in 1999. After the end of his viceregal tenure, Alexander was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and thereafter, in order to serve as the British Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Winston Churchill, into the Queen's British Privy Council. Alexander retired in 1954 and died in 1969. Alexander was born in London, the third son of the Earl and Countess of Caledon, the latter being a daughter of the Earl of Norbury. Alexander was educated at Hawtreys and Harrow School - there participating as the 11th batsman in the notorious Fowler's Match against Eton Colleg