Order of the White Falcon is a grand-ducal order of Weimar, founded by Duke Ernest Augustus

Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar and, from 1741, of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach....

 in 1732, and renewed in 1815 by Charles Augustus.

Description

In the early 20th century it had four classes and a silver cross, added in 1878. The decoration, a green star of eight points, with red stars between the arms, bears a white falcon, and the motto, Vigilando Ascendimus (Through vigilance we ascend), on a blue ground.