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

A Czech founder and chief administrator of the International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia, he established the encyclopedia in 2005 and gradually built it into the world's largest collection of illustrations of rank insignia from across 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. In 2024, he was appointed a colonel of the Union Corps Saint Lazarus International (CSLI), and in July 2024, he was named a Knight of Honour of the Knighthood of Honour of the Czech Republic.

His other passion is amateur radio, with the call sign OK2XY.

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