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[[File:Legion of Peace.jpg|thumb|Grand Duke Travis wearing the uniform of the General of the Legion of Peace on the steps of Hooverville.]]
[[File:Legion of Peace.jpg|thumb|Grand Duke Travis wearing the uniform of the General of the Legion of Peace on the steps of Hooverville.]]
The '''Legion of Peace''' is an [[Orders of Westarctica|Order of Westarctica]] intended to recognize the promotion of peace. It was originally an [[Orders of Calsahara|Order]] of [[Colony of Calsahara|Calsahara]] created by King Montague in 2009. It was among the first orders created by the King as an expression of Calsahara's peace-loving culture.
The '''Legion of Peace''' is an [[Orders of Westarctica|Order of Westarctica]] intended to recognize the promotion of peace. It was originally an [[Orders of Calsahara|Order]] of [[Colony of Calsahara|Calsahara]] created by King Montague in 2009. It was among the first orders created by the King as an expression of Calsahara's peace-loving culture.
The Legion was incorporated into the [[Orders of Westarctica]] on 11 March 2021 by [[Royal Decrees|Royal Decree]] issued by Grand Duke Travis.
The order is limited to 40 Legionnaires.


==Composition and regalia==
==Composition and regalia==
[[File:Legion Peace.jpg|thumb|200px|Regalia of the Legion of Peace]]
The head of the Legion is known as the General of the Legion of Peace and wears an elaborate khaki uniform with gold epaulettes and a peaked cap. From the formation of the order, the General of the Legion has been [[Grand Duke Travis]], although when he assumed the role, he was the [[King of Calsahara]].
The head of the Legion is known as the General of the Legion of Peace and wears an elaborate khaki uniform with gold epaulettes and a peaked cap. From the formation of the order, the General of the Legion has been [[Grand Duke Travis]], although when he assumed the role, he was the [[King of Calsahara]].


Members of the legion are known as Legionnaires and are entitled to wear the regalia of the order, which is a peace symbol mounted upon a white drape ribbon.
Members of the legion are known as Legionnaires and are entitled to wear the regalia of the order, which is a silver peace symbol mounted upon a white drape ribbon. Certificates for the Legionnaires contain a write-up listing the specific deeds which led to their receipt of the honor. This is different from Westarctica's other orders, which use generic language associated with the award, but do not include why it was given to the individual honoree.


The first two members of the Legion of Peace were the [[Duke of Waesche]] and the [[Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis|Grand Duke of Flandrensis]] who were invested as Legionnaires due to their peaceful settlement of the [[Siple War]]. The only other member of the order is King Christopher of [[Vikesland]], who was given the medal of the Legion just prior to [[MicroCon 2015]] in recognition of his peaceful handling of various internal conflicts in his nation.
==Legionnaires==
The first two members of the Legion of Peace were the [[Duke of Waesche]] and the [[Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis|Grand Duke of Flandrensis]] who were invested as Legionnaires due to their peaceful settlement of the [[Siple War]].


The order is limited to 40 Legionnaires.
During his reign as the King of [[Vikesland]], [[Prince Christopher]] was given the medal of the Legion just prior to [[MicroCon 2015]] in recognition of his peaceful handling of various internal conflicts in his nation.
[[File:Legion Peace.jpg|thumb|200px|Regalia of the Legion of Peace]]


==Current Status==
The leaders of the [[micronation]]s of [[Federal Republic of Lostisland|Lostisland]] and [[Principality of Aigues-Mortes|Aigues-Mortes]] were jointed awarded membership in the Legion after they met together in Tel Aviv to finally settle the many years of conflict between them. Grand Duke Travis personally reached out to each recipient and congratulated them on the peaceful resolution, then presented the awards at [[MicroCon EU 2023]] in Ypres, Belgium.
The order was incorporated into the [[Orders of Westarctica]] on 11 March 2021 by [[Royal Decrees|Royal Decree]] issued by Grand Duke Travis.


===Members of the Legion===
===Members of the Legion===

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