Order of the Black Eagle, Albania

Order of the Black Eagle
Ribbon of the Order
Awarded by Principality of Albania
Type	Medal
Awarded for	"deserving military and civil deeds".
Status	No longer awarded
Description	Besë e bashkim (English: Besa and union)
Statistics
Established	1913
First awarded	1913
Last awarded	1914

The Order of the Black Eagle, (Albanian: Urdhri i Shqiponjës) was the highest title that could be bestowed on a citizen of the Principality of Albania. The order was established by William, Prince of Albania in 1913 on the example of the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle. The order had a black eagle and around the words Besë e bashkim (English: Besa and union).

Since the Principality of Albania was short-lived, the order was awarded very few times, and is considered today very rare for collectionists. It is also considered to be the first award ever given in modern Albania.