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{{Short description|National order of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen}}

The '''Order of Tanoa''' was a national order of the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]] for exceptional service to Tanoa or exceptional individual courage.<ref name="order"/> Its official names were ''Orden de Tanoa'' in Spanish and ''Orden von Tanoa'' in German.<ref name="names"/> It ranked below the [[Order of Jan Paap]] in the state's honours hierarchy.<ref name="precedence"/>

== Membership ==

Membership was open to Tanoan and foreign individuals, including service personnel. The order was undivided, recognizing civil merit alongside military or diplomatic service. Scientific or cultural achievement could qualify, as could contributions to the economy or public welfare.<ref name="order"/>

Ordinary members entered as Knights and advanced one grade at a time to Grand Cross. Each promotion required at least three years in the current grade and new service of greater importance after the previous award. Military rank or civil office did not determine grade. The chancellery judged the importance and lasting value of the service without a points system or fixed geographic threshold. The Collar stood outside this progression and was reserved for the [[Führer of Tanoa|Führer]] as Grand Master or allied heads of state.<ref name="order"/>

== Insignia ==

The badge was a white-enamel Maltese cross with gold edging and a Tanoan eagle inside a gold palm wreath at its centre. The ribbons and Grand Cross sash were white with narrow light-blue and black edge stripes. Grand Cross and Grand Officer breast stars were golden sunbursts bearing the eagle and palm wreath. The Collar chain alternated black-enamel swastika medallions with gold palm links.<ref name="order"/>

{| class="wikitable"
! Grade, highest first
! Insignia<ref name="order"/>
|-
| Collar
| Collar chain and badge
|-
| Grand Cross
| Sash badge and breast star
|-
| Grand Officer
| Neck badge and breast star
|-
| Commander
| Neck badge
|-
| Officer
| Breast badge on a ribbon with rosette
|-
| Knight
| Breast badge on a plain ribbon
|}

Members wore only their highest grade and kept earlier insignia.<ref name="order"/>

== Appointments ==

The [[Chancellery of Orders and Decorations of Tanoa|chancellery]] examined nominations before submitting them to the Führer. As Grand Master, he approved every appointment and promotion, although another official could present the insignia. Every appointment remained in the chancellery's roll.<ref name="order"/>

Appointments obtained through fraud or false evidence could be annulled, as could those based on a fundamental eligibility error. Valid awards could be revoked for treason or enemy service. Serious crime or conduct gravely dishonouring the order also provided grounds for revocation. Both forms of cancellation required a chancellery investigation and a reasoned Führer decree.<ref name="administration"/> Revoked members lost the right to wear the insignia and were removed from the active roll, while the cancelled appointment remained in the historical record.<ref name="order"/>

== Recipients ==

[[Eef Paap]] held the Collar as Grand Master.<ref name="recipients"/> He personally awarded the order to [[Miguel Ángel Schneider]] during Schneider's tenure as chief of staff of SS-Oberabschnitt Osttanoa. Schneider had survived an ambush in which the other SS members accompanying him were killed, then killed the remaining resistance fighters before returning to headquarters.<ref name="schneider"/>

== See also ==
* [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="order">"[[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#Order of Tanoa|Order of Tanoa]]". ''Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="names">"[[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#List of honours|List of honours]]". ''Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="precedence">"[[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#National orders|National orders]]". ''Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="administration">"[[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#History and administration|History and administration]]". ''Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="recipients">"[[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen#Known recipients|Known recipients]]". ''Orders, decorations, and medals of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
<ref name="schneider">"[[Miguel Ángel Schneider#Allgemeine SS career|Allgemeine SS career]]". ''Miguel Ángel Schneider''. ''Vrienden Universe Wiki''.</ref>
}}

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