The Order of the Cloud and Banner () also known as the Order of the Resplendent Banner is a military award of the Republic of China. It was instituted on June 15, 1935 and is awarded in nine grades for contributions to national security. The insignia of the order features a fluttering yellow flag, surrounded by white clouds on a blue field. This image is surrounded by golden rays.
Grades
The order is divided into nine grades, they are as follows:
Recipients
International
Edward McGill Alexander
John R. Allen
Henry H. Arnold
Claude Auchinleck
Daniel E. Barbey
Robert O. Bare
Gilbert Bartholomew RAF British Air Attaché to China 1943-46
John Birch (missionary) Alan Bruce Blaxland Charles Bond (pilot) Leslie Bonnet Wilburt S. Brown Joseph J. Cappucci Bernard Chacksfield Prince Charles, Count of Flanders Levi R. Chase Claire Lee Chennault Philip Christison Vasily Chuikov Gareth Clayton (RAF officer) William T. Clement Henry Crowe (RAF officer) Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope Maj. Gen. Marion L. Dawson (USMC) Sydney de Kantzow Jimmy Doolittle Gabriel P. Disosway Denis Earp Dr.C. Dexter Ebertz DVM Dwight D. Eisenhower Peter Fleming William Foster MacNeece Foster Julian N. Frisbie Guy Garrod Wallace M. Greene Vernon M. Guymon Hunter Harris Jr. Tex Hill John A. Hilger Bruce K. Holloway Frederick J. Horne Samuel L. Howard Byron F. Johnson Lt. General Sir Gordon Jolly Louis R. Jones C. Turner Joy Robert Halperin Robert P. Keller Timofey Khryukin Nikolay Krylov Kim Hong-il Willard A. Kitts Keith G. Lindell John P. Lucas Robert B. Luckey Alvin Luedecke Rodion Malinovsky Dr. Harold Marcus Arthur T. Mason James M. Masters, Sr. John H. Masters Verne J. McCaul Lt. Col. Alfred Medendorp Georg Meiring Kirill Meretskov Thomas Hinman Moorer Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma DeWitt Peck Richard Peirse Roy Benjamin Pitts Earl S. Piper Chesty Puller Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Edward F. Rector Keller E. Rockey Richard P. Ross Jr. John Dale Ryan Alfredo M. Santos Thomas G. W. Settle Samuel R. Shaw Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. Austin Shofner Robert T. Smith Marcos Soliman George E. Stratemeyer Stepan Suprun Rafael Cavanillas Prosper Glen Syndercombe Carlos Talbott Neil D. Van Sickle Constand Viljoen John W. Vogt Jr. William Childs Westmoreland Lewis William Walt Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell William J. Whaling Isaac D. White Frederick L. Wieseman Louis E. Woods William A. Worton Harry E. Yarnell John C. Young Lt. Col Alan Engle (USAF) Russell F. Brown (US NAVY)
Chinese generals
Chang Guan-chung
Chen Changjie (general) Hu Zongnan Huang Wei Li Mi (Republic of China general) Qiu Qingquan Shen Yi-ming Yen Teh-fa Zheng Dongguo
