Grand Cross
![Josef Graf Radetzky wearing the grand cross's star and the sash of the Maria Theresa Order](/Images/godic/202501/16/Radetzky-von-radetz0813.jpg")
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Grand Cross is the highest grade in many orders of knighthood. Sometimes the holders of the highest grade are referred to "commanders grand cross", "knights grand cross" or just "grand crosses"; in other cases the actual insignia itself is called "the grand cross".