Azio Corghi was made a Grand Officer in a senior order of knighthood founded in what year?
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italian: "Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana" ) was founded as the senior order of knighthood by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi in 1951. The highest ranking honour of the Republic, it is awarded for "merit acquired by the nation" in the fields of literature, the arts, economy, public service, and social, philanthropic and humanitarian activities and for long and conspicuous service in civilian and military careers. The post-nominal letters for the order are OMRI. The order effectively replaced as national orders the Civil Order of Savoy (1831), the Order of the Crown of Italy (1868), the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (1572) and the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (1362).
Order of the Eagle of Georgia The Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Seamless Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ, commonly known as the "Order of the Eagle of Georgia" (OEG), is the highest order of chivalry awarded by the House of Bagration, whose Chief and Grand Master is Prince David Bagration of Mukhrani, Duke of Lasos, Prince of Kakheti, Prince of Kartli and Prince of Mukhrani. Prince David became the head of the Royal House and supreme master of the order when his father, Jorge de Bagration ("de jure" King George XIV), died and Prince David inherited, by right of blood ("jure sanguinis"), the right to confer ("jus honorum") his house’s Royal Order "motu proprio" as a heritable prerogative in his capacity of "de jure" King David XIII.