Order of the Estonian Red Cross

Order of the Estonian Red Cross
	File:Punanerist1kl.gif Sash and star of the 1st Class of the order
Country	Estonia
Type	Six class order
Awarded for	Humanitarian service and for saving life
Status	Currently awarded
Motto	Inter Arma Caritas
Statistics
Established	1920; 7 October 1936 as a state order
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of the Cross of the Eagle
Next (lower)	Lowest
	; 1st Class; 100px; 2nd Class; 100px; 3rd Class; 100px; 4th Class; ; 5th Class; 100px; Medal Class; Ribbon bars of the Order of the Estonian Red Cross

The Order of the Estonian Red Cross (Estonian: Eesti Punase Risti teenetemärk; French: Ordre de la Croix-Rouge Estonienne) was instituted in 1920 by the Estonian Red Cross Society. The Order of the Estonian Red Cross is bestowed in order to give recognition for humanitarian services rendered in the interests of the Estonian people and for the saving of life.

Classes

The Order of the Estonian Red Cross comprises six classes:

Five basic classes – 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th class;
One medal class.

The crosses of all basic classes of the Order of the Estonian Red Cross have the same design.

The blue colour tone of the moiré ribands belonging to the decorations of all the classes of the Order of the Estonian Red Cross is determined according to the international PANTONE colour-table as 297 MC.