Pavel Močoch, Chief editor & Illustrator

PAVEL MOČOCH, Colonel of the General Staff of the CSLI and Knight of Honour of the Knighthood of Honour of the Czech Republic

Czech founder and chief administrator of the International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia, he founded the encyclopedia in 2005 and gradually built it into the world's largest collection of illustrations of rank insignia from around the globe. He has published several pictorial series on rank insignia in professional journals and has contributed to the translation and editing of various thematic publications.

He is a member of the International Association of Journalists, the Czech Association of Museums and Galleries, and the Czech Archive Society. In 2015, he received the honorary title of Doctor HC and was awarded the Commander's Cross of The Corps Saint Lazarus International. As of 2024, he has been appointed a colonel of the Union Corps Saint Lazarus International (CSLI), and in July 2024, he was appointed a Knight of Honour of the Knighthood of Honour of the Czech Republic.

His other hobby is amateur radio activity with the call sign OK2XY.

After a long break caused by illness, with the help of experts and collaborators from around the world, he relaunched this encyclopedia in 2023.