The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called is the highest order conferred by both the Russian Imperial Family and by the Russian Federation . Established as the first and highest order of chivalry of the Russian Tsardom and the Russian Empire in 1698, it was removed from the honours system under the USSR before being re-established as the top Russian civil and military order in 1998.

Prince Adalbert Ferdinand Berengar Viktor of Prussia was the third son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.