Order of the Sacred Tripod

The Order of the Sacred Tripod (寶鼎勳章), also referred to as the Order of the Precious Tripod or Pao Ting, is a military award of the Republic of China. It was created on 15 May 1929 by Chiang Kai-shek for significant contributions to national security. The order is organized into nine grades. The central design of the order's insignia is an image of a tripod surrounded by golden rays. The symbolism of this is that as the tripod is considered a national treasure, so too is the recipient of the order.

Grades
The order is divided into nine grades, they are as follows:

Notable recipients
• Chiang Kai-shek

• Gao Zhihang

• Charles D. Griffin

• William G. Farrow

• Bruce K. Holloway

• Huang Wei

• Ernest King

• Thomas C. Kinkaid

• Alexander von Falkenhausen (Special Grand Cordon, 28 November 1958)

• Douglas MacArthur

• Thomas Hinman Moorer

• Ng Yat Chung

• Chester W. Nimitz

• George H. Olmsted

• Alfred M. Pride

• Qiu Qingquan

• Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana

• Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana

• Bertram J. Rodgers

• Alexander Vandegrift

• Hoyt Vandenberg

• Yan Xishan

• Zhang Lingfu

• Heng Hsieh