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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrenlegion" title="Ehrenlegion – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Ehrenlegion" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%82%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81" title="وسام جوقة الشرف – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="وسام جوقة الشرف" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B8%D5%B5_%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%A3%D5%A7%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%87%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Պատուոյ Լեգէոն Շքանշան – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Պատուոյ Լեգէոն Շքանշան" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%94rdre_nacion%C3%A2l_de_la_L%C3%A8g%C2%B7ion_d%E2%80%99honor" title="Ôrdre nacionâl de la Lèg·ion d’honor – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Ôrdre nacionâl de la Lèg·ion d’honor" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex%C3%B3n_d%27Honor" title="Lexón d'Honor – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Lexón d'Honor" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22F%C9%99xri_legion%22_ordeni" title=""Fəxri legion" ordeni – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title=""Fəxri legion" ordeni" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%81_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B0" title="লেজিওঁ দনর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="লেজিওঁ দনর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ордэн Ганаровага легіёна – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ордэн Ганаровага легіёна" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%91%D0%BD%D1%83" title="Ордэн Ганаровага легіёну – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ордэн Ганаровага легіёну" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Орден на Почетния легион – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Орден на Почетния легион" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lejion_a_enor_(Bro-C%27hall)" title="Lejion a enor (Bro-C'hall) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Lejion a enor (Bro-C'hall)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legi%C3%B3_d%27Honor" title="Legió d'Honor – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Legió d'Honor" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%98%C3%A1d_%C4%8Destn%C3%A9_legie" title="Řád čestné legie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Řád čestné legie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Légion d'honneur – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Légion d'honneur" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86reslegionen" title="Æreslegionen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Æreslegionen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrenlegion" title="Ehrenlegion – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ehrenlegion" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auleegioni_orden" title="Auleegioni orden – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Auleegioni orden" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B5%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A4%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AE%CF%82" title="Λεγεώνα της Τιμής – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λεγεώνα της Τιμής" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legi%C3%B3n_de_Honor" title="Legión de Honor – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Legión de Honor" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honora_legio" title="Honora legio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Honora legio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohorezko_Legioa" title="Ohorezko Legioa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ohorezko Legioa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DA%98%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1" title="لژیون دونور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لژیون دونور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordre_national_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Légion d'honneur – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Légion d'honneur" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%A7%80%EC%98%B9_%EB%8F%84%EB%87%8C%EB%A5%B4_%ED%9B%88%EC%9E%A5" title="레지옹 도뇌르 훈장 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="레지옹 도뇌르 훈장" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%BE%D5%B8_%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%B7%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Պատվո լեգեոնի շքանշան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պատվո լեգեոնի շքանշան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legija_%C4%8Dasti" title="Legija časti – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Legija časti" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur" title="Légion d'Honneur – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Légion d'Honneur" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Légion d'honneur – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Légion d'honneur" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_d%27onore" title="Legion d'onore – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Legion d'onore" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%95%D7%93" title="לגיון הכבוד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לגיון הכבוד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="საპატიო ლეგიონის ორდენი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="საპატიო ლეგიონის ორდენი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legio_Honoris" title="Legio Honoris – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Legio Honoris" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goda_Le%C4%A3iona_ordenis" title="Goda Leģiona ordenis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Goda Leģiona ordenis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Légion d'honneur – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Légion d'honneur" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Légion d'honneur – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Légion d'honneur" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becs%C3%BCletrend_(Franciaorsz%C3%A1g)" title="Becsületrend (Franciaország) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Becsületrend (Franciaország)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%AB_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0" title="लीजन ऑफ ऑनर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="लीजन ऑफ ऑनर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%82%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81" title="وسام جوقة الشرف – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="وسام جوقة الشرف" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Légion d'honneur – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Légion d'honneur" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D2%AF%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%82_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Хүндэт Легионы одон – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Хүндэт Легионы одон" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legioen_van_Eer" title="Legioen van Eer – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Legioen van Eer" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E5%8B%B2%E7%AB%A0" title="レジオンドヌール勲章 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="レジオンドヌール勲章" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86reslegionen" title="Æreslegionen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Æreslegionen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86reslegionen" title="Æreslegionen – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Æreslegionen" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_d%27Onor" title="Legion d'Onor – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Legion d'Onor" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxriy_legion_ordeni" title="Faxriy legion ordeni – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Faxriy legion ordeni" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AC%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%81_%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%B1" title="لیجن آف آنر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لیجن آف آنر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legia_Honorowa" title="Legia Honorowa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Legia Honorowa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordem_Nacional_da_Legi%C3%A3o_de_Honra" title="Ordem Nacional da Legião de Honra – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ordem Nacional da Legião de Honra" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legiunea_de_onoare" title="Legiunea de onoare – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Legiunea de onoare" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%91%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Орден Почётного легиона – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Орден Почётного легиона" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Légion d'honneur – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Légion d'honneur" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legjioni_i_Nderit" title="Legjioni i Nderit – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Legjioni i Nderit" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Legion of Honour" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rad_%C4%8Destnej_l%C3%A9gie" title="Rad čestnej légie – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Rad čestnej légie" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_legije_%C4%8Dasti" title="Red legije časti – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Red legije časti" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Национални орден Легије части – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Национални орден Легије части" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legija_%C4%8Dasti" title="Legija časti – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Legija časti" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunnialegioona" title="Kunnialegioona – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kunnialegioona" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hederslegionen" title="Hederslegionen – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Hederslegionen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur" title="Légion d'Honneur – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Légion d'Honneur" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%87_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81" title="செவாலியே விருது – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="செவாலியே விருது" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%93%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%8C%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C" title="เครื่องอิสริยาภรณ์เลฌียงดอเนอร์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เครื่องอิสริยาภรณ์เลฌียงดอเนอร์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%80%D3%A3" title="Ордени Легиони фахрӣ – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Ордени Легиони фахрӣ" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Légion d'honneur – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Légion d'honneur" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honor_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Legion of Honor (disambiguation)">Legion of Honor (disambiguation)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loh_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Loh (disambiguation)">Loh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/LDH_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="LDH (disambiguation)">LDH</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Current version of the Grand Cross of the order given by President <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Coty" title="René Coty">René Coty</a> to Dutch Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Willem_Drees" title="Willem Drees">Willem Drees</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DAEFFF">Awarded by <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President of France</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_merit" title="Order of merit">Order of merit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">19 May 1802</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Honneur et patrie</i></span> ("Honour and Fatherland")</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Eligibility</th><td class="infobox-data">Military and civilians</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awarded for</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em;white-space:nowrap">Excellent civil or military conduct<br />delivered, upon official investigation</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon Bonaparte</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Grand_master_(order)" title="Grand master (order)">Grand Master</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron">Emmanuel Macron</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President of France</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Chancellor" title="Chancellor">Grand Chancellor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Lecointre" title="François Lecointre">François Lecointre</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_(title)" title="Secretary (title)">Secretary-General</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Julien Le Gars</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Classes</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> (in 2010) <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00,0</span>  1  <a href="/wiki/Grand_Master_(order)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Master (order)"><i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand-maître</i></span></i></a></li> <li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00,0</span>67  <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand(s)-croix</i></span></i></li> <li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">00,</span>314  <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand(s) officier(s)</i></span></i></li> <li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>3,009  <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Commandeur(s)</i></span></i></li> <li>17,032  <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Officier(s)</i></span></i></li> <li>74,384  <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier(s</i></span></i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DAEFFF">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First induction</th><td class="infobox-data">15 July 1804</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DAEFFF">Precedence</th></tr><tr><th 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lang="fr">Grand-croix</i></span></i></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_Honneur_GO_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Legion_Honneur_GO_ribbon.svg/100px-Legion_Honneur_GO_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Legion_Honneur_GO_ribbon.svg/150px-Legion_Honneur_GO_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Legion_Honneur_GO_ribbon.svg/200px-Legion_Honneur_GO_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span><br /><i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand-officier</i></span></i></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_Honneur_Commandeur_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Legion_Honneur_Commandeur_ribbon.svg/100px-Legion_Honneur_Commandeur_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Legion_Honneur_Commandeur_ribbon.svg/150px-Legion_Honneur_Commandeur_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Legion_Honneur_Commandeur_ribbon.svg/200px-Legion_Honneur_Commandeur_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span><br /><i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Commandeur</i></span></i></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_Honneur_Officier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Legion_Honneur_Officier_ribbon.svg/100px-Legion_Honneur_Officier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="28" class="mw-file-element" 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title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Ordre impérial de la Légion d'honneur</i></span>), is the highest French <a href="/wiki/Order_of_merit" title="Order of merit">order of merit</a>, both <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> and <a href="/wiki/Civil_society" title="Civil society">civil</a>, and currently comprises five classes. Established in 1802 by <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon Bonaparte</a>, it has been retained (with occasional slight alterations) by all later French governments and regimes. </p><p>The order's <a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">motto</a> is <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Honneur et Patrie</i></span></i> ("Honour and Fatherland"); its <a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">seat</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Palais_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur" title="Palais de la Légion d'Honneur">Palais de la Légion d'Honneur</a> next to the <a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_d%27Orsay" title="Musée d'Orsay">Musée d'Orsay</a>, on the left bank of the <a href="/wiki/Seine" title="Seine">Seine</a> in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1 February 2023, the Order's grand chancellor has been retired General <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Lecointre" title="François Lecointre">François Lecointre</a>, who succeeded fellow retired General <a href="/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Puga" title="Benoît Puga">Benoît Puga</a> in office. </p><p>The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier</i></span></i> (<a href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">Knight</a>), <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Officier</i></span></i> (Officer), <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Commandeur</i></span></i> (<a href="/wiki/Commander_(order)" title="Commander (order)">Commander</a>), <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand officier</i></span></i> (Grand Officer) and <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand-croix</i></span></i> (<a href="/wiki/Grand_Cross" title="Grand Cross">Grand Cross</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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It was the wish of <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon Bonaparte</a>, the <a href="/wiki/French_Consulate" title="French Consulate">First Consul</a>, to create a reward to commend civilians and soldiers. From this wish was instituted a <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a body of men that was not an order of <a href="/wiki/Chivalry" title="Chivalry">chivalry</a>, for Napoleon believed that France wanted a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_merit" title="Order of merit">recognition of merit</a> rather than a new system of nobility. However, the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> did use the organization of the old French orders of chivalry, for example, the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Louis" title="Order of Saint Louis">Ordre de Saint-Louis</a></i></span>. The insignia of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> bear a resemblance to those of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Ordre de Saint-Louis</i></span>, which also used a red ribbon.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Napoleon originally created this award to ensure political loyalty. The organization would be used as a façade to give political favours, gifts, and concessions.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> was loosely patterned after a <a href="/wiki/Roman_legion" title="Roman legion">Roman legion</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Legionary" title="Legionary">legionaries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">officers</a>, commanders, regional "<a href="/wiki/Cohort_(military_unit)" title="Cohort (military unit)">cohorts</a>" and a grand council. The highest rank was not a Grand Cross but a <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand aigle</i></span> (Grand Eagle), a rank that wore the insignia common to a Grand Cross. The members were paid, the highest of them extremely generously: </p> <ul><li>5,000 <a href="/wiki/Franc" title="Franc">francs</a> to a <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">grand officier</i></span>,</li> <li>2,000 francs to a <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">commandeur</i></span>,</li> <li>1,000 francs to an <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">officier</i></span>,</li> <li>250 francs to a <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">légionnaire</i></span>.</li></ul> <p>Napoleon famously declared, "You call these baubles, well, it is with baubles that men are led... Do you think that you would be able to make men fight by reasoning? Never. That is good only for the scholar in his study. The soldier needs glory, distinctions, rewards."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has been often quoted as "It is with such baubles that men are led." Napoleon was also occasionally noted after a battle to ask who the bravest man in a regiment was, and upon the regiment declaring the individual, the Emperor would take the Legion d'Honneur from his own coat and pin it on the chest of the man.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The order was the first modern <a href="/wiki/Order_of_merit" title="Order of merit">order of merit</a>. Under the monarchy, such orders were often limited to Roman Catholics, all <a href="/wiki/Knights" class="mw-redirect" title="Knights">knights</a> had to be noblemen, and military decorations were restricted to <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">officers</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span>, however, was open to men of all ranks and professions; only merit or bravery counted. The new legionnaire had to be sworn into the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span>. All previous orders were Christian, or shared a clear Christian background, whereas the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> is a secular institution. The badge of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> has five arms. </p> <table class="wikitable left" style="width:60%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Legion of Honour ribbons </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_of_Honour_-_Knight_(France).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Legion_of_Honour_-_Knight_%28France%29.png/145px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Knight_%28France%29.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Legion_of_Honour_-_Knight_%28France%29.png/218px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Knight_%28France%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Legion_of_Honour_-_Knight_%28France%29.png/290px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Knight_%28France%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><small><i>Knight (Chevalier)</i></small> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_of_Honour_-_Officer_(France).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Legion_of_Honour_-_Officer_%28France%29.png/145px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Officer_%28France%29.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Legion_of_Honour_-_Officer_%28France%29.png/218px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Officer_%28France%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Legion_of_Honour_-_Officer_%28France%29.png/290px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Officer_%28France%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><small><i>Officer</i></small> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_of_Honour_-_Commander_(France).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Legion_of_Honour_-_Commander_%28France%29.png/145px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Commander_%28France%29.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Legion_of_Honour_-_Commander_%28France%29.png/218px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Commander_%28France%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Legion_of_Honour_-_Commander_%28France%29.png/290px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Commander_%28France%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><small><i>Commander</i></small> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Officer_(France).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Officer_%28France%29.png/145px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Officer_%28France%29.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Officer_%28France%29.png/218px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Officer_%28France%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Officer_%28France%29.png/290px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Officer_%28France%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><small><i>Grand Officer</i></small> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:20%; text-align:center;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Cross_(France).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Cross_%28France%29.png/145px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Cross_%28France%29.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Cross_%28France%29.png/218px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Cross_%28France%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Cross_%28France%29.png/290px-Legion_of_Honour_-_Grand_Cross_%28France%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><small><i>Grand Cross (Grand-Croix)</i></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Empire">First Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a decree issued on the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">10 <a href="/wiki/Pluvi%C3%B4se" title="Pluviôse">Pluviôse</a> <a href="/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="French Republican Calendar">XIII</a></i></span> (30 January 1805), a grand decoration was instituted. This decoration, a cross on a large <a href="/wiki/Sash" title="Sash">sash</a> and a silver star with an eagle, symbol of the Napoleonic Empire, became known as the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand aigle</i></span> (Grand Eagle), and later in 1814 as the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand cordon</i></span> (big sash, literally "big ribbon"). After Napoleon crowned himself <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_the_French" title="Emperor of the French">Emperor of the French</a> in 1804 and established the <a href="/wiki/Nobility_of_the_First_French_Empire" title="Nobility of the First French Empire">Napoleonic nobility</a> in 1808, award of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> gave right to the title of "Knight of the Empire" (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier de l'Empire</i></span>). The title was made hereditary after three generations of grantees. </p><p>Napoleon had dispensed 15 golden collars of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> among his family and his senior ministers. This collar was abolished in 1815. </p><p>Although research is made difficult by the loss of the archives, it is rumoured that three women who fought with the army were decorated with the order: <a href="/wiki/Virginie_Ghesqui%C3%A8re" title="Virginie Ghesquière">Virginie Ghesquière</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marie_Schellinck" title="Marie Schellinck">Marie-Jeanne Schelling</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Nun" title="Nun">nun</a>, Sister <a href="/wiki/Anne_Biget" title="Anne Biget">Anne Biget</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> was prominent and visible in the French Empire. The Emperor always wore it, and the fashion of the time allowed for decorations to be worn most of the time. The king of <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> therefore declined the order; it was too common in his eyes. Napoleon's own decorations were captured by the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussians</a> and were displayed in the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Zeughaus</i></span> (armoury) in Berlin until 1945. Today, they are in Moscow. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{border:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="title"><div>The Legion of Honour under the Empire</div></div><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Debret_-_Premiere_distribution_des_decorations_de_la_Legion_d%27honneur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="First Légion d'Honneur investiture, 15 July 1804, at Saint-Louis des Invalides by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1812)"><img alt="First Légion d'Honneur investiture, 15 July 1804, at Saint-Louis des Invalides by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1812)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Debret_-_Premiere_distribution_des_decorations_de_la_Legion_d%27honneur.jpg/180px-Debret_-_Premiere_distribution_des_decorations_de_la_Legion_d%27honneur.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Debret_-_Premiere_distribution_des_decorations_de_la_Legion_d%27honneur.jpg/270px-Debret_-_Premiere_distribution_des_decorations_de_la_Legion_d%27honneur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Debret_-_Premiere_distribution_des_decorations_de_la_Legion_d%27honneur.jpg/360px-Debret_-_Premiere_distribution_des_decorations_de_la_Legion_d%27honneur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>First <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'Honneur</i></span> investiture, 15 July 1804, at <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Les_Invalides" title="Les Invalides">Saint-Louis des Invalides</a></i></span></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Debret" title="Jean-Baptiste Debret">Jean-Baptiste Debret</a> (1812)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hennequin_-_Napol%C3%A9on_Ier_distribue_les_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_au_camp_de_Boulogne_le_16_ao%C3%BBt_1804_(grand).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A depiction of Napoleon making some of the first awards of the Legion of Honour, at a camp near Boulogne on 16 August 1804"><img alt="A depiction of Napoleon making some of the first awards of the Legion of Honour, at a camp near Boulogne on 16 August 1804" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hennequin_-_Napol%C3%A9on_Ier_distribue_les_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_au_camp_de_Boulogne_le_16_ao%C3%BBt_1804_%28grand%29.jpg/180px-Hennequin_-_Napol%C3%A9on_Ier_distribue_les_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_au_camp_de_Boulogne_le_16_ao%C3%BBt_1804_%28grand%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hennequin_-_Napol%C3%A9on_Ier_distribue_les_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_au_camp_de_Boulogne_le_16_ao%C3%BBt_1804_%28grand%29.jpg/270px-Hennequin_-_Napol%C3%A9on_Ier_distribue_les_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_au_camp_de_Boulogne_le_16_ao%C3%BBt_1804_%28grand%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hennequin_-_Napol%C3%A9on_Ier_distribue_les_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_au_camp_de_Boulogne_le_16_ao%C3%BBt_1804_%28grand%29.jpg/360px-Hennequin_-_Napol%C3%A9on_Ier_distribue_les_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_au_camp_de_Boulogne_le_16_ao%C3%BBt_1804_%28grand%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1885" data-file-height="1049" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A depiction of Napoleon making some of the first awards of the Legion of Honour, at a camp near <a href="/wiki/Boulogne-sur-Mer" title="Boulogne-sur-Mer">Boulogne</a> on 16 August 1804</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Napoleon_Paul_Delaroche.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="As Emperor, Napoleon always wore the Cross and Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour.[citation needed]"><img alt="As Emperor, Napoleon always wore the Cross and Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour.[citation needed]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Napoleon_Paul_Delaroche.jpg/136px-Napoleon_Paul_Delaroche.jpg" decoding="async" width="136" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Napoleon_Paul_Delaroche.jpg/205px-Napoleon_Paul_Delaroche.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Napoleon_Paul_Delaroche.jpg/273px-Napoleon_Paul_Delaroche.jpg 2x" data-file-width="806" data-file-height="1062" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">As <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_the_French" title="Emperor of the French">Emperor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> always wore the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Cross" title="Grand Cross">Cross</a> and Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Napoleon_coat-IMG_1412.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Embroidered insignia of the Legion of Honour, detail of Napoleon's uniform of colonel of the Chasseurs à cheval of the Imperial Guard"><img alt="Embroidered insignia of the Legion of Honour, detail of Napoleon's uniform of colonel of the Chasseurs à cheval of the Imperial Guard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Napoleon_coat-IMG_1412.jpg/180px-Napoleon_coat-IMG_1412.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Napoleon_coat-IMG_1412.jpg/270px-Napoleon_coat-IMG_1412.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Napoleon_coat-IMG_1412.jpg/360px-Napoleon_coat-IMG_1412.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Embroidered insignia of the Legion of Honour, detail of Napoleon's uniform of colonel of the Chasseurs à cheval of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Guard_(Napoleon_I)" title="Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)">Imperial Guard</a></div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restoration_of_the_Bourbon_King_of_France_in_1814">Restoration of the Bourbon King of France in 1814</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Restoration of the Bourbon King of France in 1814"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Legion_of_Honour" title="Special:EditPage/Legion of Honour">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Louis_XVIII_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XVIII of France">Louis XVIII</a> changed the appearance of the order, but it was not abolished. To have done so would have angered the 35,000 to 38,000 members. The images of Napoleon and his eagle were removed and replaced by the image of King <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV</a>, the popular first king of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Bourbon" title="House of Bourbon">Bourbon</a> line. Three Bourbon <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Fleur-de-lys" class="mw-redirect" title="Fleur-de-lys">fleurs-de-lys</a></i></span> replaced the eagle on the reverse of the order. A king's crown replaced the imperial crown. In 1816, the grand cordons were renamed grand crosses and the legionnaires became knights. The king decreed that the commandants were now commanders. The <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> became the second-ranking order of knighthood of the French monarchy, after the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Holy_Spirit" title="Order of the Holy Spirit">Order of the Holy Spirit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_Monarchy">July Monarchy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: July Monarchy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_philippe_1835_par_desnos.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Louis_philippe_1835_par_desnos.jpeg/220px-Louis_philippe_1835_par_desnos.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Louis_philippe_1835_par_desnos.jpeg/330px-Louis_philippe_1835_par_desnos.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Louis_philippe_1835_par_desnos.jpeg/440px-Louis_philippe_1835_par_desnos.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1605" data-file-height="1983" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Louis_Philippe_I" title="Louis Philippe I">Louis Philippe I</a>, King of the French, wearing the sash and star of the Grand Cross, as well as the Officers Cross of the order</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Ars%C3%A8ne_Klobb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Ars%C3%A8ne_Klobb.jpg/220px-Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Ars%C3%A8ne_Klobb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="369" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Ars%C3%A8ne_Klobb.jpg/330px-Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Ars%C3%A8ne_Klobb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Ars%C3%A8ne_Klobb.jpg/440px-Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Ars%C3%A8ne_Klobb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="732" data-file-height="1227" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Ars%C3%A8ne_Klobb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-François Arsène Klobb (page does not exist)">Jean-François Arsène Klobb</a> recipient of the Legion of Honour</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the overthrow of the Bourbons in favour of King <a href="/wiki/Louis_Philippe_I" title="Louis Philippe I">Louis Philippe I</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="House of Orléans">House of Orléans</a>, the Bourbon monarchy's orders were once again abolished and the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> was restored in 1830 as the paramount decoration of the French nation. The insignia were drastically altered; the cross now displayed <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_France" title="Flag of France">tricolour flags</a>. In 1847, there were 47,000 members. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Republic">Second Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yet another revolution in Paris (in 1848) brought a new republic (the second) and a new design to the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span>. A nephew of the founder, <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_III" title="Napoleon III">Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte</a>, was elected president and he restored the image of his uncle on the crosses of the order. In 1852, the first recorded woman, <a href="/wiki/Ang%C3%A9lique_Br%C3%BBlon" title="Angélique Brûlon">Angélique Duchemin</a>, an old revolutionary of the 1789 uprising against the absolute monarchy, was admitted into the order. On 2 December 1851, President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte staged a <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Coup d'état">coup d'état</a> with the help of the armed forces. He made himself <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_the_French" title="Emperor of the French">Emperor of the French</a> exactly one year later on 2 December 1852, after a successful <a href="/wiki/Plebiscite" class="mw-redirect" title="Plebiscite">plebiscite</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Empire">Second Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Second Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Imperial crown was added. During <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_III" title="Napoleon III">Napoleon III</a>'s reign, the first American was admitted: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wiltberger_Evans" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Wiltberger Evans">Thomas Wiltberger Evans</a>, dentist of Napoleon III. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_Republic">Third Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Third Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:111-SC-38214_-_NARA_-_55235582-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/111-SC-38214_-_NARA_-_55235582-cropped.jpg/220px-111-SC-38214_-_NARA_-_55235582-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/111-SC-38214_-_NARA_-_55235582-cropped.jpg/330px-111-SC-38214_-_NARA_-_55235582-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/111-SC-38214_-_NARA_-_55235582-cropped.jpg/440px-111-SC-38214_-_NARA_-_55235582-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2237" data-file-height="1425" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Philippe_P%C3%A9tain" title="Philippe Pétain">Philippe Pétain</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a> were decorated with the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand-croix</i></span> of the Legion of Honor, as were several US generals with the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Commandeur</i></span> and <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier</i></span> medal shortly after World War I, in 1919.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1870, the defeat of the French Imperial Army in the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War" title="Franco-Prussian War">Franco-Prussian War</a> brought the end of the Empire and the creation of the <a href="/wiki/French_Third_Republic" title="French Third Republic">Third Republic</a> (1871–1940). As France changed, the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> changed as well. The crown was replaced by a <a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath" title="Laurel wreath">laurel</a> and oak wreath. In 1871, during the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Commune" title="Paris Commune">Paris Commune</a> uprising, the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Palais_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur" title="Palais de la Légion d'Honneur">Hôtel de Salm</a></i></span>, headquarters of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span>, was burned to the ground in fierce street combats; the archives of the order were lost. </p><p>In the second term of President <a href="/wiki/Jules_Gr%C3%A9vy" title="Jules Grévy">Jules Grévy</a>, which started in 1885, newspaper journalists brought to light the trafficking of Grévy's son-in-law, Daniel Wilson, in the awarding of decorations of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span>. Grévy was not accused of personal participation in this scandal, but he was slow to accept his indirect political responsibility, which caused his eventual resignation on 2 December 1887. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, some 55,000 decorations were conferred, 20,000 of which went to foreigners. The large number of decorations resulted from the new posthumous awards authorised in 1918. Traditionally, membership in the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> could not be awarded posthumously. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fourth_and_Fifth_Republics">Fourth and Fifth Republics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Fourth and Fifth Republics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The establishment of the <a href="/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic" title="French Fourth Republic">Fourth Republic</a> in 1946 brought about the latest change in the design of the Legion of Honour. The date "1870" on the obverse was replaced by a single star. No changes were made after the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic" title="French Fifth Republic">Fifth Republic</a> in 1958. </p><p><br /> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Evolution.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Evolution.png/1200px-Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Evolution.png" decoding="async" width="1200" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Evolution.png/1800px-Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Evolution.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Evolution.png/2400px-Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Evolution.png 2x" data-file-width="13773" data-file-height="3547" /></a><figcaption>Evolution of the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur through Frances various governments and regimes, from the First Empire to the current Fifth Republic</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Legion_of_Honour" title="Special:EditPage/Legion of Honour">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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The Legion is regulated by a <a href="/wiki/Code_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Code (law)">civil law code</a>, the "Code of the Legion of Honour and of the Military Medal". While the <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President of the French Republic</a> is the Grand Master of the order, day-to-day running is entrusted to the Grand Chancery (<i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grande Chancellerie de la Légion d'honneur</i></span></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Grand_Master">Grand Master</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Grand Master"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GrandCollier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/GrandCollier.jpg/220px-GrandCollier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/GrandCollier.jpg/330px-GrandCollier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/GrandCollier.jpg/440px-GrandCollier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption>Current <a href="/wiki/Collar_(order)" title="Collar (order)">collar</a> of the Fifth Republic, which is the insignia of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">Grand Master</a> at the <a href="/wiki/%C3%89lys%C3%A9e_Palace" title="Élysée Palace">Élysée Palace</a> during a presidential inauguration. The collar is usually kept in the <a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Musée de la Légion d'honneur">Musée de la Legion d'Honneur</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the establishment of the Legion, the Grand Master of the order has always been the Emperor, King or President of France. <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron">Emmanuel Macron</a> therefore became the Grand Master of the Legion on 14 May 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Grand Master appoints all other members of the order, on the advice of the French government. The Grand Master's insignia is the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Collar" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Collar">Grand Collar</a> of the Legion. The President of the Republic, as Grand Master of the order, receives the Collar as part of his investiture, but the Grand Masters have not worn the Collar since <a href="/wiki/Val%C3%A9ry_Giscard_d%27Estaing" title="Valéry Giscard d'Estaing">Valéry Giscard d'Estaing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-France24_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-France24-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Grand_Chancery">The Grand Chancery</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: The Grand Chancery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Grand Chancery is headed by the Grand Chancellor (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">grand chancelier</i></span>), usually a retired general, as well as the Secretary-General (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">secrétaire général</i></span>), a civilian administrator. </p> <ul><li>Grand Chancellor: <a href="/wiki/Army_General_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Army General (France)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Lecointre" title="François Lecointre">François Lecointre</a> (since 2023)</li> <li>Secretary-General: Julien Le Gars (since 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The Grand Chancery also regulates the <a href="/wiki/National_Order_of_Merit_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Order of Merit (France)">National Order of Merit</a> and the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9daille_militaire" title="Médaille militaire">médaille militaire</a></i></span> (Military Medal). There are several structures funded by and operated under the authority of the Grand Chancery, like the <a href="/wiki/Maison_d%27%C3%A9ducation_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur">Legion of Honour Schools</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Maisons d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur</i></span>) and the <a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" title="Musée de la Légion d'honneur">Legion of Honour Museum</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Musée de la Légion d'honneur</i></span>). The Legion of Honour Schools are élite boarding schools in <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Saint-Denis,_Seine-Saint-Denis" title="Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis">Saint-Denis</a></span></span> and <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Camp des Loges</span></span> in the forest of <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Saint-Germain-en-Laye" title="Saint-Germain-en-Laye">Saint-Germain-en-Laye</a></span></span>. Study there is restricted to daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters of members of the order, the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9daille_militaire" title="Médaille militaire">médaille militaire</a></i></span> or the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Ordre_national_du_M%C3%A9rite" title="Ordre national du Mérite">ordre national du Mérite</a></i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Membership">Membership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_recipients" title="Lists of Légion d'honneur recipients">Lists of Légion d'honneur recipients</a></div> <p>There are five classes in the Legion of Honour: </p> <ul><li><b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier</i></span></b> (Knight): minimum 20 years of public service or 25 years of professional activity with "eminent merits"</li> <li><b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Officier</i></span></b> (Officer): minimum 8 years in the rank of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier</i></span></li> <li><b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Commandeur</i></span></b> (Commander): minimum 5 years in the rank of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Officier</i></span></li> <li><b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand officier</i></span></b> (Grand Officer): minimum 3 years in the rank of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Commandeur</i></span></li> <li><b><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand-croix</i></span></b> (Grand Cross): minimum 3 years in the rank of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand-officier</i></span></li></ul> <p>The "eminent merits" required to be awarded the order require the flawless performance of one's trade as well as doing more than ordinarily expected, such as being creative, zealous and contributing to the growth and well-being of others. </p><p>The order has a maximum quota of 75 Grand Cross, 250 Grand Officers, 1,250 Commanders, 10,000 Officers, and 113,425 (ordinary) Knights. As of 2010,<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the actual membership was 67 Grand Cross, 314 Grand Officers, 3,009 Commanders, 17,032 Officers and 74,384 Knights. Appointments of veterans of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, French military personnel involved in the <a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a> and other foreign French military operations, as well as wounded soldiers, are made independently of the quota. </p><p>Members convicted of a felony (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">crime</i></span> in French) are automatically dismissed from the order. Members convicted of a misdemeanour (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">délit</i></span> in French) can be dismissed as well, although this is not automatic. </p><p>Wearing the decoration of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> without having the right to do so is a serious offence. Wearing the ribbon or <a href="/wiki/Rosette_(decoration)" title="Rosette (decoration)">rosette</a> of a foreign order is prohibited if that ribbon is mainly red, like the ribbon of the Legion of Honour. French military personnel in uniform must salute other military members in uniform wearing the medal, whatever the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span> rank and the military rank of the bearer. This is not mandatory with the ribbon. In practice, however, this is rarely done. </p><p>There is not a single, complete list of all the members of the Legion in chronological order. The number is estimated at one million, including about 2,900 Knights Grand Cross.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="French_nationals">French nationals</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: French nationals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>French nationals, men and women, can be received into the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion</i></span>, for "eminent merit" (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">mérites éminents</i></span>) in military or civil life. In practice, in current usage, the order is conferred on entrepreneurs, high-level <a href="/wiki/French_Civil_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="French Civil Service">civil servants</a>, scientists, artists, including famous actors and actresses, sport <a href="/wiki/Champion" title="Champion">champions</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and others with connections in the <a href="/wiki/Executive_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive branch">executive</a>. Members of the <a href="/wiki/French_Parliament" title="French Parliament">French Parliament</a> cannot receive the order, except for valour in war,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and ministers are not allowed to nominate their accountants. </p><p>Until 2008, French nationals could only enter the Legion of Honour at the class of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier</i></span> (Knight). To be promoted to a higher class, one had to perform new eminent services in the interest of France and a set number of years had to pass between appointment and promotion. This was however amended in 2008 when entry became possible at Officer, Commander and Grand Officer levels, as a recognition of "extraordinary careers" (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">carrières hors du commun</i></span>). In 2009, <a href="/wiki/Simone_Veil" title="Simone Veil">Simone Veil</a> became the first person to enter the Order at Grand Officer level.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Veil was a member of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_fran%C3%A7aise" class="mw-redirect" title="Académie française">Académie française</a></i></span>, a former <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Health_(France)" title="Minister of Health (France)">Health Minister</a> and <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Parliament" title="President of the European Parliament">President of the European Parliament</a>, as well as an <a href="/wiki/Auschwitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Auschwitz">Auschwitz</a> survivor. She was promoted to Grand Cross in 2012. </p><p>Every year at least five recipients decline the award. Even if they refuse to accept it, they are still included in the order's official membership.<sup id="cite_ref-France24_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-France24-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The composers <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Ravel" title="Maurice Ravel">Maurice Ravel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Koechlin" title="Charles Koechlin">Charles Koechlin</a>, for example, declined the award when it was offered to them.<sup id="cite_ref-grove_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grove-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-French_recipients">Non-French recipients</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Non-French recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_recipients_of_the_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur_by_country" title="List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur by country">List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur by country</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_recipients_of_the_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur_by_decade" title="List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur by decade">List of foreign recipients of the Légion d'Honneur by decade</a></div> <p>While membership in the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion</i></span> is technically restricted to French nationals,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> foreign nationals who have served France or the ideals it upholds<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> may receive the honour.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Foreign nationals who live in France are subject to the same requirements as the French. Foreign nationals who live abroad may be awarded a distinction of any rank or dignity in the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion</i></span>. Foreign heads of state and their spouses or consorts of monarchs are made Grand Cross as a courtesy. American and British veterans who served in either <a href="/wiki/World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="World War">World War</a> on French soil,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or during the 1944 campaigns to liberate France,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> may be eligible for appointment as Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, provided they were still living when the honour was approved. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Collective_awards">Collective awards</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Collective awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collective appointments can be made to cities, institutions or companies. A total of 64 settlements in France have been decorated, as well as six foreign cities: <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a> in 1914,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a> in 1920,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxembourg (city)">Luxembourg City</a> in 1957, <a href="/wiki/Volgograd" title="Volgograd">Volgograd</a> (the World War II 'Stalingrad') in 1984,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Algiers" title="Algiers">Algiers</a> in 2004, and <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French towns display the decoration in their <a href="/wiki/Civic_heraldry" title="Civic heraldry">municipal coat of arms</a>. </p><p>Organisations to receive the honour include the <a href="/wiki/French_Red_Cross" title="French Red Cross">French Red Cross</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Croix-Rouge Française</i></span>), the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Abbaye de Nôtre-Dame des Dombes</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Abbey_of_Notre-Dame_des_Dombes" title="Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes">Abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes</a>), the French National Railway Company (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/SNCF" title="SNCF">SNCF</a>, Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français</i></span>), the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Préfecture de Police de la Ville de Paris</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Prefecture_of_Police_of_Paris" class="mw-redirect" title="Prefecture of Police of Paris">Prefecture of Police of Paris</a>), and various <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Grandes_%C3%89coles" class="mw-redirect" title="Grandes Écoles">Grandes Écoles</a></i></span> (National (Elite) Colleges) and other educational establishments. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Military_awards">Military awards</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Military awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_national_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%E2%80%99Honneur,_Croix_de_Chevalier_attribu%C3%A9e_au_lieutenant_Tessier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ordre_national_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%E2%80%99Honneur%2C_Croix_de_Chevalier_attribu%C3%A9e_au_lieutenant_Tessier.jpg/220px-Ordre_national_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%E2%80%99Honneur%2C_Croix_de_Chevalier_attribu%C3%A9e_au_lieutenant_Tessier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="317" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ordre_national_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%E2%80%99Honneur%2C_Croix_de_Chevalier_attribu%C3%A9e_au_lieutenant_Tessier.jpg/330px-Ordre_national_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%E2%80%99Honneur%2C_Croix_de_Chevalier_attribu%C3%A9e_au_lieutenant_Tessier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ordre_national_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%E2%80%99Honneur%2C_Croix_de_Chevalier_attribu%C3%A9e_au_lieutenant_Tessier.jpg/440px-Ordre_national_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%E2%80%99Honneur%2C_Croix_de_Chevalier_attribu%C3%A9e_au_lieutenant_Tessier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="492" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption>Notice of posthumous award of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Croix de Chevalier</i></span> to Lieutenant Robert Léon Tessier—<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Mort_pour_la_France" title="Mort pour la France">Mort pour la France</a></i></span> ("Died for France") in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The military distinctions (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur à titre militaire</i></span>) are awarded for bravery (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">actions de guerre</i></span>) or for service. </p> <ul><li>award for extreme bravery: the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'Honneur</i></span> is awarded jointly with a <a href="/wiki/Mention_in_dispatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mention in dispatches">mention in dispatches</a>. This is the top valour award in France. It is rarely awarded, mainly to soldiers who have died in battle.</li> <li>award for service: the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion</i></span> is awarded without any citation.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="French_service-members">French service-members</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: French service-members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For active-duty commissioned officers, the Legion of Honour award for service is achieved after 20 years of meritorious service, having been awarded the rank of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier</i></span> of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Ordre_National_du_M%C3%A9rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordre National du Mérite">Ordre National du Mérite</a></i></span>. Bravery awards lessen the time needed for the award—in fact decorated servicemen become directly chevaliers of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'Honneur</i></span>, skipping the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Ordre du Mérite</i></span>. NCOs almost never achieve that award, except for the most heavily decorated service members. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Collective_military_awards">Collective military awards</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Collective military awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Collective appointments can be made to military units. In the case of a military unit, its flag is decorated with the insignia of a knight, which is a different award from the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Fourrag%C3%A8re" title="Fourragère">fourragère</a></i></span>. Twenty-one schools, mainly schools providing reserve officers during the World Wars, were awarded the Légion d'Honneur. Foreign military units can be decorated with the order, such as the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Military_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Military Academy">U.S. Military Academy</a>. </p><p>The Flag or Standard of the following units was decorated with the Cross of a Knight of the Legion of Honour:<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Foreign_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Foreign Regiment">1st Foreign Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Artillery_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Marine Artillery Regiment">1st Marine Artillery Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Infantry_Regiment" title="1st Marine Infantry Regiment">1st Marine Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Infantry_Parachute_Regiment" title="1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment">1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/324th_Intelligence_Squadron" title="324th Intelligence Squadron">1st Photographic Technical Unit</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">USAAF</a> Forward-deployed Reconnaissance Unit)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Parachute_Chasseur_Regiment" title="1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment">1st Parachute <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chasseur</i></span> Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Regiment of African <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Chasseur" title="Chasseur">Chasseurs</a></i></span></li> <li>1st Regiment of Algerian <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Tirailleur" title="Tirailleur">Tirailleurs</a></i></span></li> <li>1st Regiment of Riflemen</li> <li>1st Regiment of Senegalese <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Tirailleurs</i></span></li> <li>1st Train Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Foreign_Parachute_Regiment" title="2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment">2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Infantry_Regiment" title="2nd Marine Infantry Regiment">2nd Marine Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Regiment of Algerian <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Tirailleurs</i></span></li> <li>2nd Regiment of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Zouave" title="Zouave">Zouaves</a></i></span></li> <li>3rd Algerian Infantry Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Foreign_Infantry_Regiment" title="3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment">3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li>3rd Regiment of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Zouaves</i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Tunisian_Tirailleurs_Regiment" title="4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment">4th Tunisian Tirailleurs Regiment</a></li> <li>4th Regiment of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Zouaves</i></span></li> <li>Joint 4th Regiment of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Zouaves</i></span> and <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Tirailleurs</i></span></li> <li>7th Algerian Infantry Regiment</li> <li>8th Infantry Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Zouaves_Regiment" title="8th Zouaves Regiment">8th Zouaves Regiment</a></li> <li>9th Regiment of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Zouaves</i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Marine_Artillery_Regiment" title="11th Marine Artillery Regiment">11th Marine Artillery Regiment</a></li> <li>23rd Infantry Regiment</li> <li>23rd Marine Infantry Regiment</li> <li>24th Marine Infantry Regiment</li> <li>26th Infantry Regiment</li> <li>30th Battalion of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chasseurs</i></span></li> <li>43rd Marine Infantry Regiment</li> <li>51st Infantry Regiment</li> <li>57th Infantry Regiment</li> <li>112th Line Infantry Regiment (French infantry regiment consisting of mostly Belgians, known as "The Victors of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Raab" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Raab">Raab</a>")</li> <li>137th Infantry Regiment</li> <li>152nd Infantry Regiment</li> <li>153rd Infantry Regiment</li> <li>298th Infantry Regiment</li> <li>Fighter Squadron 1/30 <a href="/wiki/Normandie-Niemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Normandie-Niemen">Normandie-Niemen</a></li> <li><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Fusiliers_Marins" class="mw-redirect" title="Fusiliers Marins">Fusiliers Marins</a></i></span> (Naval Infantry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_Goumier" title="Moroccan Goumier">Moroccan <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Goumier</i></span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paris_Fire_Brigade" title="Paris Fire Brigade">Paris Fire Brigade</a></li> <li><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9giment_d%27infanterie-chars_de_marine" title="Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine">Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine</a></i></span> (Colonial Infantry Regiment of Morocco). Book of the regiment will be fighting its most decorated emblem of the French army.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classes_and_insignia">Classes and insignia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Classes and insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wearing_of_the_insignia_of_the_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_(gentlemens).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Wearing_of_the_insignia_of_the_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_%28gentlemens%29.svg/700px-Wearing_of_the_insignia_of_the_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_%28gentlemens%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="700" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Wearing_of_the_insignia_of_the_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_%28gentlemens%29.svg/1050px-Wearing_of_the_insignia_of_the_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_%28gentlemens%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Wearing_of_the_insignia_of_the_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_%28gentlemens%29.svg/1400px-Wearing_of_the_insignia_of_the_L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur_%28gentlemens%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="148" /></a><figcaption>The five classes wearing their respective insignia (gentlemen): 1: <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier</i></span>; 2: <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Officier</i></span>; 3: <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Commandeur</i></span>; 4: <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand-officier</i></span>; 5: <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand-croix</i></span></figcaption></figure> <p>The order has had five levels since the reign of King Louis XVIII, who restored the order in 1815. Since the reform, the following distinctions have existed: </p> <ul><li>Three ranks: <ul><li><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier</i></span> (Knight): badge worn on left breast suspended from ribbon</li> <li><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Officier</i></span> (Officer): badge worn on left breast suspended from a ribbon with a <a href="/wiki/Rosette_(decoration)" title="Rosette (decoration)">rosette</a></li> <li><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Commandeur</i></span> (Commander): badge around neck suspended from ribbon necklet</li></ul></li> <li>Two dignities: <ul><li><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand officier</i></span> (Grand Officer): badge worn on left breast suspended from a ribbon (Officer), with star displayed on right breast</li> <li><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand-croix</i></span> (Grand Cross), formerly <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grande décoration</i></span>, <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand aigle</i></span>, or <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand cordon</i></span>: the highest level; badge affixed to sash worn over the right shoulder, with star displayed on left breast</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Due to the order's long history, and the remarkable fact that it has been retained by all subsequent governments and regimes since the First Empire, the order's design has undergone many changes. Although the basic shape and structure of the insignia has remained generally the same, the hanging device changed back and forth and France itself swung back and forth between <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">monarchy</a>. The central disc in the centre has also changed to reflect the political system and leadership of France at the time. As each new regime came along the design was altered to become politically correct for the time, sometimes even changed multiple times during one historical era. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Design_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_through_the_years.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Design_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_through_the_years.png/1048px-Design_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_through_the_years.png" decoding="async" width="1048" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Design_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_through_the_years.png/1572px-Design_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_through_the_years.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Design_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_through_the_years.png/2096px-Design_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_through_the_years.png 2x" data-file-width="36441" data-file-height="13915" /></a><figcaption>How the design of the Legion d'Honneur changed through each various era and regime, shown through the example of the obverse and reverse of the Officers cross. See below for a detailed explanation of each era.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>badge</i> of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion</i></span> is shaped as a five-armed "Maltese <a href="/wiki/Asterisk" title="Asterisk">Asterisk</a>", using five distinctive "arrowhead" shaped arms inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Maltese_Cross_(symbol)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese Cross (symbol)">Maltese Cross</a>. The badge is rendered in <a href="/wiki/Gilding" title="Gilding">gilt</a> (in silver for chevalier) enameled white, with an enameled <a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath" title="Laurel wreath">laurel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak</a> wreath between the arms. The obverse central disc is in gilt, featuring the head of <a href="/wiki/Marianne" title="Marianne">Marianne</a>, surrounded by the legend <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">République Française</i></span> on a blue enamel ring. The reverse central disc is also in gilt, with a set of crossed <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_France" title="Flag of France">tricolores</a></i></span>, surrounded by the Légion's motto <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Honneur et Patrie</i></span> ('Honour and Fatherland') and its foundation date on a blue enamel ring. The badge is suspended by an enameled laurel and oak wreath. </p><p>The <i>star</i> (or <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">plaque</i></span>) is worn by the Grand Cross (in gilt on the left chest) and the Grand Officer (in silver on the right chest) respectively; it is similar to the badge, but without enamel, and with the wreath replaced by a cluster of rays in between each arm. The central disc features the head of <a href="/wiki/Marianne" title="Marianne">Marianne</a>, surrounded by the legend <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">République Française</i></span> ('French Republic') and the motto <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Honneur et Patrie</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Ribbon" title="Ribbon">ribbon</a></i> for the medal is plain red. </p><p>The badge or star is not usually worn, except at the time of the decoration ceremony or on a <a href="/wiki/Dress_uniform" class="mw-redirect" title="Dress uniform">dress uniform</a> or <a href="/wiki/Formal_wear" title="Formal wear">formal wear</a>. Instead, one normally wears the ribbon or rosette on their suit. </p><p>For less formal occasions, recipients wear a simple stripe of thread sewn onto the lapel (red for <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">chevaliers</i></span> and <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">officiers</i></span>, silver for <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">commandeurs</i></span>). Except when wearing a dark suit with a lapel, women instead typically wear a small lapel pin called a barrette. Recipients purchase the special thread and barrettes at a store in Paris near the <a href="/wiki/Palais-Royal" title="Palais-Royal">Palais-Royal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Historical Era/Period </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Obverse </th> <th>Reverse </th> <th>Hanging Device </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_First_Republic" title="French First Republic">1804</a> </td> <td>The first model of the Legion d'Honneur did not hang from a crown or wreath. It lasted for just 9 months from May 1804 until February 1805 and encompassed the founding of the <a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">First French Empire</a> on the 18th May 1804. Despite being officially established on 19 May 1802, no awards were made until this version. This version shows the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_the_French" title="Emperor of the French">Emperor</a> on the obverse and the imperial eagle on the reverse. The text on the ring on both the obverse and reverse would remain the same during the entirety of <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon's</a> reign. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_1st_Type_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/1st_Empire_1st_Type_Obverse.png/100px-1st_Empire_1st_Type_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/1st_Empire_1st_Type_Obverse.png/150px-1st_Empire_1st_Type_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/1st_Empire_1st_Type_Obverse.png/200px-1st_Empire_1st_Type_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_1st_Type_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/1st_Empire_1st_Type_Reverse.png/100px-1st_Empire_1st_Type_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/1st_Empire_1st_Type_Reverse.png/150px-1st_Empire_1st_Type_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/1st_Empire_1st_Type_Reverse.png/200px-1st_Empire_1st_Type_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">1805</a> </td> <td>The second model of differed only from the first by the addition of the <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_Napoleon" title="Crown of Napoleon">imperial crown</a> atop the cross, and was attached to one of the arms of the cross. The image of the Emperor is also slightly smaller than the previous version, while the reverse ring also has a stylised wreath at the bottom instead of three stars. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Obverse.png/100px-1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Obverse.png/150px-1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Obverse.png/200px-1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Reverse.png/100px-1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Reverse.png/150px-1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Reverse.png/200px-1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Crown.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Crown.png/100px-1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Crown.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Crown.png/150px-1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Crown.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Crown.png/200px-1st_Empire_2nd_Type_Crown.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">1806–1808</a> </td> <td>The third model is very similar to the previous second version however the depiction of Napoleon is more similar to the first version and the obverse ring has a wreath at the bottom. The crown, while almost identical to that of the second version this time is free-hanging and separately fixed above the cross. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Obverse.png/100px-1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Obverse.png/150px-1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Obverse.png/200px-1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Reverse.png/100px-1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Reverse.png/150px-1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Reverse.png/200px-1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Crown.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Crown.png/100px-1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Crown.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Crown.png/150px-1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Crown.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Crown.png/200px-1st_Empire_3rd_Type_Crown.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">1808–1809</a> </td> <td>The fourth model has as slightly different depiction of the Emperor while the obverse ring has a star and dots in place of the previous versions wreath. The reverse of the fourth model is notable as its the only First Empire model with the eagle facing to the right, while the bottom of the ring has three stars reminiscent of the first model. The crown the cross hangs from is also very different compared to the previous two versions. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_4th_Type_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1st_Empire_4th_Type_Obverse.png/100px-1st_Empire_4th_Type_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1st_Empire_4th_Type_Obverse.png/150px-1st_Empire_4th_Type_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1st_Empire_4th_Type_Obverse.png/200px-1st_Empire_4th_Type_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_4th_Type_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/1st_Empire_4th_Type_Reverse.png/100px-1st_Empire_4th_Type_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/1st_Empire_4th_Type_Reverse.png/150px-1st_Empire_4th_Type_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/1st_Empire_4th_Type_Reverse.png/200px-1st_Empire_4th_Type_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_4th_Type_Crown.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/1st_Empire_4th_Type_Crown.png/100px-1st_Empire_4th_Type_Crown.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/1st_Empire_4th_Type_Crown.png/150px-1st_Empire_4th_Type_Crown.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/1st_Empire_4th_Type_Crown.png/200px-1st_Empire_4th_Type_Crown.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">1809–1814</a> </td> <td>The fifth and final version of the First Empire is different from the other versions by the execution of larger text on the rings, with the reverse showing a distinct wreath like object at the bottom. The obverse on some models shows and enamelled <a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath" title="Laurel wreath">laurel wreath</a> adorning the Emperors head, while on the reverse the eagle is back facing left. The crown is also radically different from the previous models. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_5th_Type_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/1st_Empire_5th_Type_Obverse.png/100px-1st_Empire_5th_Type_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/1st_Empire_5th_Type_Obverse.png/150px-1st_Empire_5th_Type_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/1st_Empire_5th_Type_Obverse.png/200px-1st_Empire_5th_Type_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_5th_Type_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/1st_Empire_5th_Type_Reverse.png/100px-1st_Empire_5th_Type_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/1st_Empire_5th_Type_Reverse.png/150px-1st_Empire_5th_Type_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/1st_Empire_5th_Type_Reverse.png/200px-1st_Empire_5th_Type_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Empire_5th_Type_Crown.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/1st_Empire_5th_Type_Crown.png/100px-1st_Empire_5th_Type_Crown.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/1st_Empire_5th_Type_Crown.png/150px-1st_Empire_5th_Type_Crown.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/1st_Empire_5th_Type_Crown.png/200px-1st_Empire_5th_Type_Crown.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bourbon_Restoration_in_France" title="Bourbon Restoration in France">1814–1830</a> </td> <td>The sixth model from the <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_Restoration_in_France" title="Bourbon Restoration in France">Bourbon Restoration</a> period marks the first major alteration from the original design, due to the fact that the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">regime</a> and leader of France had changed. The crown the cross hangs from has been altered and also features the main symbol of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Bourbon" title="House of Bourbon">House of Bourbon</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Fleur-de-lis" title="Fleur-de-lis">fleur-de-lis</a>. The obverse features the profile of "The Good King" <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henri IV</a> with the text of the ring bearing the words; Henry IV, King of France and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Navarre" title="Kingdom of Navarre">Navarre</a>. The reverse keeps the text of the previous versions; <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Honneur et Patrie</i></span> and depicts the three fleurs-de-lis, the symbol of the Bourbons. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bourbon_Restoration_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bourbon_Restoration_Obverse.png/100px-Bourbon_Restoration_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bourbon_Restoration_Obverse.png/150px-Bourbon_Restoration_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bourbon_Restoration_Obverse.png/200px-Bourbon_Restoration_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bourbon_Restoration_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Bourbon_Restoration_Reverse.png/100px-Bourbon_Restoration_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Bourbon_Restoration_Reverse.png/150px-Bourbon_Restoration_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Bourbon_Restoration_Reverse.png/200px-Bourbon_Restoration_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bourbon_Restoration_Crown.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bourbon_Restoration_Crown.png/100px-Bourbon_Restoration_Crown.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bourbon_Restoration_Crown.png/150px-Bourbon_Restoration_Crown.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Bourbon_Restoration_Crown.png/200px-Bourbon_Restoration_Crown.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/July_Monarchy" title="July Monarchy">1830–1848</a> </td> <td>The seventh model from the <a href="/wiki/July_Monarchy" title="July Monarchy">July Monarchy</a> period is similar to the previous Bourbon Restoration period. The crown is very similar, with just the fleur-de-lis omitted, the obverse keeps the profile of Henri IV but the obverse ring bears just his name, with the rest of the ring filled with stars and a wreath. The reverse bears the first depiction of what would continue for many future iterations; the two crossed <a href="/wiki/Tricolour" class="mw-redirect" title="Tricolour">tricolours</a> with the usual reverse ring motto <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Honneur et Patrie</i></span>. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:July_Monarchy_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/July_Monarchy_Obverse.png/100px-July_Monarchy_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/July_Monarchy_Obverse.png/150px-July_Monarchy_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/July_Monarchy_Obverse.png/200px-July_Monarchy_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:July_Monarchy_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/July_Monarchy_Reverse.png/100px-July_Monarchy_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/July_Monarchy_Reverse.png/150px-July_Monarchy_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/July_Monarchy_Reverse.png/200px-July_Monarchy_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:July_Monrchy_Crown.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/July_Monrchy_Crown.png/100px-July_Monrchy_Crown.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/July_Monrchy_Crown.png/150px-July_Monrchy_Crown.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/July_Monrchy_Crown.png/200px-July_Monrchy_Crown.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_Second_Republic" title="French Second Republic">1848–1851</a> </td> <td>The eighth model, used for only three years during the <a href="/wiki/French_Second_Republic" title="French Second Republic">Second Republic</a> is the only other example apart from the first model to not have any hanging device (no crown/wreath). The obverse once again shows a portrait of Napoleon, with the text reading "Bonaparte <a href="/wiki/French_Consulate" title="French Consulate">First Consul</a>" and the date of the order's founding; 19 May 1802. The reverse shows the crossed tricolours as before, however this time the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Honneur et Patrie</i></span> is written underneath and not on the ring, the first and only time this was the case. The reverse ring instead reads <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">République Française</i></span> which would later feature on the obverse ring. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2nd_Republic_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/2nd_Republic_Obverse.png/100px-2nd_Republic_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/2nd_Republic_Obverse.png/150px-2nd_Republic_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/2nd_Republic_Obverse.png/200px-2nd_Republic_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Second_Republic_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Second_Republic_Reverse.png/100px-Second_Republic_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Second_Republic_Reverse.png/150px-Second_Republic_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Second_Republic_Reverse.png/200px-Second_Republic_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_Second_Republic" title="French Second Republic">1851–1852</a> </td> <td>The ninth or <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Napoleon_III" title="Napoleon III">La Presidence</a></i></span> model was only used between 1851 and 1852 and is considered by some to be a hybrid model. It is at the very least a transitional model from the design used during the Second Republic to the <a href="/wiki/Second_French_Empire" title="Second French Empire">Second Empire</a>. The execution of the cross is very similar to Second Republic models, just with the addition of a crown (different to that of the Second Empire models) while the obverse continues to show Napoleon, with the ring text of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Napoleon Emp. des Français</i></span>. The reverse shows the imperial eagle and the usual ring text. The central discs bear a striking resemblance to the fifth model. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:La_Presidence_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/La_Presidence_Obverse.png/100px-La_Presidence_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/La_Presidence_Obverse.png/150px-La_Presidence_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/La_Presidence_Obverse.png/200px-La_Presidence_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:La_Presidence_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/La_Presidence_Reverse.png/100px-La_Presidence_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/La_Presidence_Reverse.png/150px-La_Presidence_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/La_Presidence_Reverse.png/200px-La_Presidence_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:La_Presidence_Crown.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/La_Presidence_Crown.png/100px-La_Presidence_Crown.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/La_Presidence_Crown.png/150px-La_Presidence_Crown.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/La_Presidence_Crown.png/200px-La_Presidence_Crown.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_French_Empire" title="Second French Empire">1852–1870</a> </td> <td>The tenth model used in the Second Empire would be the last to date to use either Napoleon's image or a crown of any sort. The crown used is quite unique and resembles the <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_Napoleon_III" title="Crown of Napoleon III">Crown of Napoleon III</a>, while the obverse shows the Napoleon I with the ring text of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Napoleon Empereur des Français</i></span> (the only model to fully spell out Emperor). The reverse shows the usual imperial eagle, though this time facing right like the fourth model. The usual reverse ring text is present with a large wreath at the bottom. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Second_Empire_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Second_Empire_Obverse.png/100px-Second_Empire_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Second_Empire_Obverse.png/150px-Second_Empire_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Second_Empire_Obverse.png/200px-Second_Empire_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Second_Empire_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Second_Empire_Reverse.png/100px-Second_Empire_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Second_Empire_Reverse.png/150px-Second_Empire_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Second_Empire_Reverse.png/200px-Second_Empire_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2nd_Empire_Crown.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/2nd_Empire_Crown.png/100px-2nd_Empire_Crown.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/2nd_Empire_Crown.png/150px-2nd_Empire_Crown.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/2nd_Empire_Crown.png/200px-2nd_Empire_Crown.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_Third_Republic" title="French Third Republic">1870–1940</a> </td> <td>The eleventh model created for the <a href="/wiki/French_Third_Republic" title="French Third Republic">Third French Republic</a> would be another radical change, and the first to show much of the symbolism of today's model. It was the first model to hang from a wreath of laurel and oak leaves, and the first to feature the profile of <a href="/wiki/Marianne" title="Marianne">Marianne</a> on the obverse. The ring on the obverse reads; <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">République Française</i></span>, the first since the early Second Republic and the first time on the obverse, with the date <a href="/wiki/1870_in_France" title="1870 in France">1870</a>. The back features the tricolours and the usual text of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Honneur et Patrie</i></span>, in a design almost identical to the seventh model used during the July Monarchy. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Third_Republic_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Third_Republic_Obverse.png/100px-Third_Republic_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Third_Republic_Obverse.png/150px-Third_Republic_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Third_Republic_Obverse.png/200px-Third_Republic_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Third_Republic_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Third_Republic_Reverse.png/100px-Third_Republic_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Third_Republic_Reverse.png/150px-Third_Republic_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Third_Republic_Reverse.png/200px-Third_Republic_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Third_Republic_Wreath.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Third_Republic_Wreath.png/100px-Third_Republic_Wreath.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Third_Republic_Wreath.png/150px-Third_Republic_Wreath.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Third_Republic_Wreath.png/200px-Third_Republic_Wreath.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">1946–</a> </td> <td>The 12th, final and current version is almost identical to the 11th. The only differences are found on the ring of the obverse, where the date of 1870, the Third Republic's founding, is replaced with a star. The reverse is also almost identical, with just the wreath at the bottom of the ring being replaced with <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">29 Floréal an X</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/French_Republican_calendar" title="French Republican calendar">29 Floréal Year 10</a>), the date of the order's founding (19 May 1802) in the <a href="/wiki/French_Republican_calendar" title="French Republican calendar">French Revolutionary Calendar</a>. Except for these changes the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Legion d'Honneur</i></span> has remained unchanged from 1870, with this exact form being kept during both the <a href="/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic" title="French Fourth Republic">Fourth</a> and current <a href="/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic" title="French Fifth Republic">Fifth Republic</a>. </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourth_and_Fifth_Republic_Obverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Fourth_and_Fifth_Republic_Obverse.png/100px-Fourth_and_Fifth_Republic_Obverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Fourth_and_Fifth_Republic_Obverse.png/150px-Fourth_and_Fifth_Republic_Obverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Fourth_and_Fifth_Republic_Obverse.png/200px-Fourth_and_Fifth_Republic_Obverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Reverse.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Reverse.png/100px-Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Reverse.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Reverse.png/150px-Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Reverse.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Reverse.png/200px-Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Reverse.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Wreath.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Wreath.png/100px-Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Wreath.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Wreath.png/150px-Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Wreath.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Wreath.png/200px-Fourth_%26_Fifth_Republic_Wreath.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See also: <a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Legion_of_Honour_in_heraldry">Category:Legion of Honour in heraldry</a> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire-1804.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Original Légionnaire insignia, the first ever model (1804)"><img alt="Original Légionnaire insignia, the first ever model (1804)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire-1804.jpg/63px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire-1804.jpg" decoding="async" width="63" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire-1804.jpg/94px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire-1804.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire-1804.jpg/126px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire-1804.jpg 2x" data-file-width="552" data-file-height="1052" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Original <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légionnaire</i></span></i> insignia, the first ever model (1804)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Late Empire Légionnaire insignia: the front features Napoleon's profile and the rear, the imperial Eagle. An imperial crown joins the cross and the ribbon."><img alt="Late Empire Légionnaire insignia: the front features Napoleon's profile and the rear, the imperial Eagle. An imperial crown joins the cross and the ribbon." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire.jpg/120px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire.jpg/180px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire.jpg/240px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-empire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1496" data-file-height="1412" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Late Empire <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légionnaire</i></span></i> insignia: the front features Napoleon's profile and the rear, the imperial Eagle. An imperial crown joins the cross and the ribbon.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-LouisXVIII-1814.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Louis XVIII era (1814) Knight insignia: the front features Henry IV's profile and the rear, the arms of the French Kingdom (three fleurs-de-lis). A royal crown joins the cross and the ribbon."><img alt="Louis XVIII era (1814) Knight insignia: the front features Henry IV's profile and the rear, the arms of the French Kingdom (three fleurs-de-lis). A royal crown joins the cross and the ribbon." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-LouisXVIII-1814.jpg/120px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-LouisXVIII-1814.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-LouisXVIII-1814.jpg/180px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-LouisXVIII-1814.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-LouisXVIII-1814.jpg/240px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-LouisXVIII-1814.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1374" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Louis_XVIII_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XVIII of France">Louis XVIII</a> era (1814) Knight insignia: the front features <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV</a>'s profile and the rear, the arms of the French Kingdom (three <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Fleur-de-lis" title="Fleur-de-lis">fleurs-de-lis</a></i></span></i>). A royal crown joins the cross and the ribbon.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-2e-republique.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Reverse of a Second Republic cross, with two crossed French flags"><img alt="Reverse of a Second Republic cross, with two crossed French flags" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-2e-republique.jpg/71px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-2e-republique.jpg" decoding="async" width="71" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-2e-republique.jpg/106px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-2e-republique.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-2e-republique.jpg/142px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-2e-republique.jpg 2x" data-file-width="756" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Reverse of a Second Republic cross, with two crossed French flags</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Officier--de--la--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The insignia of an officer class of the Legion d'Honneur from the current Fifth Republic"><img alt="The insignia of an officer class of the Legion d'Honneur from the current Fifth Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Officier--de--la--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg/90px-Officier--de--la--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Officier--de--la--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg/135px-Officier--de--la--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Officier--de--la--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg/180px-Officier--de--la--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="726" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The insignia of an officer class of the Legion d'Honneur from the current Fifth Republic</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Offizierskreuz.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fifth Republic officer class, decorated with a rosette"><img alt="Fifth Republic officer class, decorated with a rosette" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Offizierskreuz.jpg/79px-Offizierskreuz.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Offizierskreuz.jpg/119px-Offizierskreuz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Offizierskreuz.jpg/158px-Offizierskreuz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="273" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fifth Republic officer class, decorated with a <a href="/wiki/Rosette_(decoration)" title="Rosette (decoration)">rosette</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-republique.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fifth Republic Knight insignia: the centre features Marianne's head. A crown of laurels joins the cross and the ribbon."><img alt="Fifth Republic Knight insignia: the centre features Marianne's head. A crown of laurels joins the cross and the ribbon." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-republique.jpg/47px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-republique.jpg" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-republique.jpg/70px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-republique.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-republique.jpg/94px-Chevalier-legion-dhonneur-republique.jpg 2x" data-file-width="138" data-file-height="351" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fifth Republic Knight insignia: the centre features Marianne's head. A crown of laurels joins the cross and the ribbon.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_Honneur_CKS_plaque_p1090335.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chiang Kai-shek's Légion d'honneur plaque. In his day, the plaque was not gilded in gold."><img alt="Chiang Kai-shek's Légion d'honneur plaque. In his day, the plaque was not gilded in gold." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Legion_Honneur_CKS_plaque_p1090335.jpg/120px-Legion_Honneur_CKS_plaque_p1090335.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Legion_Honneur_CKS_plaque_p1090335.jpg/180px-Legion_Honneur_CKS_plaque_p1090335.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Legion_Honneur_CKS_plaque_p1090335.jpg/240px-Legion_Honneur_CKS_plaque_p1090335.jpg 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="446" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek" title="Chiang Kai-shek">Chiang Kai-shek</a>'s <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span></i> plaque. In his day, the plaque was not gilded in gold.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_Honneur_CKS_p1090334.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chiang Kai-shek's Légion d'honneur. This is the reverse of his Grand Cross."><img alt="Chiang Kai-shek's Légion d'honneur. This is the reverse of his Grand Cross." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Legion_Honneur_CKS_p1090334.jpg/114px-Legion_Honneur_CKS_p1090334.jpg" decoding="async" width="114" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Legion_Honneur_CKS_p1090334.jpg/171px-Legion_Honneur_CKS_p1090334.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Legion_Honneur_CKS_p1090334.jpg/229px-Legion_Honneur_CKS_p1090334.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1674" data-file-height="1758" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chiang Kai-shek's <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion d'honneur</i></span></i>. This is the reverse of his Grand Cross.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_d_honneur_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The insignia of a Grand Cross. Nowadays the star of a Grand Cross is gilt. The silver star is the Grand Officer's badge."><img alt="The insignia of a Grand Cross. Nowadays the star of a Grand Cross is gilt. The silver star is the Grand Officer's badge." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Legion_d_honneur_1.jpg/92px-Legion_d_honneur_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Legion_d_honneur_1.jpg/138px-Legion_d_honneur_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Legion_d_honneur_1.jpg/184px-Legion_d_honneur_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="475" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The insignia of a Grand Cross. Nowadays the star of a Grand Cross is gilt. The silver star is the Grand Officer's badge.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_of_Honor_-_Knight.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles Lindbergh's Legion of Honour"><img alt="Charles Lindbergh's Legion of Honour" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Legion_of_Honor_-_Knight.JPG/80px-Legion_of_Honor_-_Knight.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Legion_of_Honor_-_Knight.JPG/120px-Legion_of_Honor_-_Knight.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Legion_of_Honor_-_Knight.JPG/160px-Legion_of_Honor_-_Knight.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh" title="Charles Lindbergh">Charles Lindbergh</a>'s Legion of Honour</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_dHonneur_mg_3440.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Insignia with figure of Henry IV"><img alt="Insignia with figure of Henry IV" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Legion_dHonneur_mg_3440.jpg/120px-Legion_dHonneur_mg_3440.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Legion_dHonneur_mg_3440.jpg/180px-Legion_dHonneur_mg_3440.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Legion_dHonneur_mg_3440.jpg/240px-Legion_dHonneur_mg_3440.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2912" data-file-height="2912" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Insignia with figure of Henry IV</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_dHonneur_mg_3456.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Certificate of the Order of the Legion of Honour"><img alt="Certificate of the Order of the Legion of Honour" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Legion_dHonneur_mg_3456.jpg/120px-Legion_dHonneur_mg_3456.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Legion_dHonneur_mg_3456.jpg/180px-Legion_dHonneur_mg_3456.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Legion_dHonneur_mg_3456.jpg/240px-Legion_dHonneur_mg_3456.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2717" data-file-height="2081" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Certificate of the Order of the Legion of Honour</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Certificate_-_ORDRE_NATIONAL_DE_LA_LEGION_D%27HONNEUR.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Certificate for Major G M Reeves, a British recipient in 1958"><img alt="Certificate for Major G M Reeves, a British recipient in 1958" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Certificate_-_ORDRE_NATIONAL_DE_LA_LEGION_D%27HONNEUR.jpg/120px-Certificate_-_ORDRE_NATIONAL_DE_LA_LEGION_D%27HONNEUR.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Certificate_-_ORDRE_NATIONAL_DE_LA_LEGION_D%27HONNEUR.jpg/180px-Certificate_-_ORDRE_NATIONAL_DE_LA_LEGION_D%27HONNEUR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Certificate_-_ORDRE_NATIONAL_DE_LA_LEGION_D%27HONNEUR.jpg/240px-Certificate_-_ORDRE_NATIONAL_DE_LA_LEGION_D%27HONNEUR.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3478" data-file-height="2600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Certificate for Major G M Reeves, a British recipient in 1958</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Grand Cross of the current version of the Legion of Honour"><img alt="The Grand Cross of the current version of the Legion of Honour" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Grand_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg/90px-Grand_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Grand_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg/135px-Grand_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Grand_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg/180px-Grand_croix_de_la_l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Grand Cross of the current version of the Legion of Honour</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commandeur_de_l%27Ordre_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur_avers.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour"><img alt="Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Commandeur_de_l%27Ordre_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur_avers.jpg/62px-Commandeur_de_l%27Ordre_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur_avers.jpg" decoding="async" width="62" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Commandeur_de_l%27Ordre_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur_avers.jpg/94px-Commandeur_de_l%27Ordre_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur_avers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Commandeur_de_l%27Ordre_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur_avers.jpg/125px-Commandeur_de_l%27Ordre_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur_avers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="322" data-file-height="618" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_c.1871.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Set of the Grand Cross from the Third Republic, c. 1871, consisting of sash, badge, star and original case of issue by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils of Paris"><img alt="Set of the Grand Cross from the Third Republic, c. 1871, consisting of sash, badge, star and original case of issue by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils of Paris" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_c.1871.png/90px-Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_c.1871.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_c.1871.png/135px-Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_c.1871.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_c.1871.png/180px-Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_c.1871.png 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Set of the Grand Cross from the Third Republic, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1871</span>, consisting of sash, badge, star and original case of issue by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils of Paris</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_set.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Set of the Grand Cross from the Third Republic, c. 1871, consisting of sash, badge, star, two rosettes and original case of issue by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils of Paris"><img alt="Set of the Grand Cross from the Third Republic, c. 1871, consisting of sash, badge, star, two rosettes and original case of issue by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils of Paris" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_set.png/90px-Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_set.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_set.png/135px-Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_set.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_set.png/180px-Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_Grand_Cross_-_Third_Republic_set.png 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Set of the Grand Cross from the Third Republic, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1871</span>, consisting of sash, badge, star, two rosettes and original case of issue by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils of Paris</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_(Obverse).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Grand Cross badge of the Legion d'Honneur, in gold, by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils, from the Third Republic (Obverse)"><img alt="Grand Cross badge of the Legion d'Honneur, in gold, by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils, from the Third Republic (Obverse)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Obverse%29.png/90px-Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Obverse%29.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Obverse%29.png/135px-Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Obverse%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Obverse%29.png/180px-Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Obverse%29.png 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Grand Cross badge of the Legion d'Honneur, in gold, by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils, from the Third Republic (Obverse)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_(Reverse).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Grand Cross badge of the Legion d'Honneur, in gold, by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils, from the Third Republic (Reverse)"><img alt="Grand Cross badge of the Legion d'Honneur, in gold, by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils, from the Third Republic (Reverse)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Reverse%29.png/90px-Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Reverse%29.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Reverse%29.png/135px-Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Reverse%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Reverse%29.png/180px-Badge_of_the_French_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic_%28Reverse%29.png 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Grand Cross badge of the Legion d'Honneur, in gold, by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils, from the Third Republic (Reverse)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand_Cross_Breast_Star_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Grand Cross Breast Star of the Legion d'Honneur – Third Republic, c. 1871, by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils Paris"><img alt="Grand Cross Breast Star of the Legion d'Honneur – Third Republic, c. 1871, by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils Paris" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Grand_Cross_Breast_Star_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic.png/90px-Grand_Cross_Breast_Star_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Grand_Cross_Breast_Star_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic.png/135px-Grand_Cross_Breast_Star_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Grand_Cross_Breast_Star_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic.png/180px-Grand_Cross_Breast_Star_of_the_Legion_d%E2%80%99Honneur_-_Third_Republic.png 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Grand Cross Breast Star of the Legion d'Honneur – Third Republic, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1871</span>, by Ouizille Lemoine et Fils Paris</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourrag%C3%A8re--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Fourragère of the Legion of Honor"><img alt="The Fourragère of the Legion of Honor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Fourrag%C3%A8re--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg/52px-Fourrag%C3%A8re--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg" decoding="async" width="52" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Fourrag%C3%A8re--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg/78px-Fourrag%C3%A8re--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Fourrag%C3%A8re--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg/104px-Fourrag%C3%A8re--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="916" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Fourragère of the Legion of Honor</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand--croix--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur--vareuse_d%27uniforme.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ribbon Bar of the Grand Cross of the order"><img alt="Ribbon Bar of the Grand Cross of the order" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Grand--croix--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur--vareuse_d%27uniforme.jpg/120px-Grand--croix--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur--vareuse_d%27uniforme.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="43" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Grand--croix--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur--vareuse_d%27uniforme.jpg/180px-Grand--croix--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur--vareuse_d%27uniforme.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Grand--croix--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur--vareuse_d%27uniforme.jpg/240px-Grand--croix--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur--vareuse_d%27uniforme.jpg 2x" data-file-width="502" data-file-height="180" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ribbon Bar of the Grand Cross of the order</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand--officier--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ribbon Bar of the Grand Officer of the order"><img alt="Ribbon Bar of the Grand Officer of the order" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Grand--officier--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg/120px-Grand--officier--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Grand--officier--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg/180px-Grand--officier--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Grand--officier--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg/240px-Grand--officier--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="233" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ribbon Bar of the Grand Officer of the order</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grand--croix--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rosette flanked both sides in gold, denoting the wearer has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour"><img alt="Rosette flanked both sides in gold, denoting the wearer has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Grand--croix--l%C3%A9gion--d%27honneur.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="36" data-file-height="51" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rosette flanked both sides in gold, denoting the wearer has been awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commandeur--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur--boutonni%C3%A8res.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rosette flanked both sides in silver, denoting the wearer has been awarded the Commander of the Legion of Honour"><img alt="Rosette flanked both sides in silver, denoting the wearer has been awarded the Commander of the Legion of Honour" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Commandeur--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur--boutonni%C3%A8res.jpg/111px-Commandeur--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur--boutonni%C3%A8res.jpg" decoding="async" width="111" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Commandeur--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur--boutonni%C3%A8res.jpg/167px-Commandeur--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur--boutonni%C3%A8res.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Commandeur--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur--boutonni%C3%A8res.jpg/222px-Commandeur--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur--boutonni%C3%A8res.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1186" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rosette flanked both sides in silver, denoting the wearer has been awarded the Commander of the Legion of Honour</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Miniature of the order"><img alt="Miniature of the order" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/C--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg/66px-C--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg" decoding="async" width="66" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/C--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg/99px-C--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/C--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg/132px-C--l%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="832" data-file-height="1508" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Miniature of the order</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Legion_honneur_diamants.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Second Empire Grand Cross star in diamonds"><img alt="Second Empire Grand Cross star in diamonds" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Legion_honneur_diamants.jpg/120px-Legion_honneur_diamants.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Legion_honneur_diamants.jpg/180px-Legion_honneur_diamants.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Legion_honneur_diamants.jpg/240px-Legion_honneur_diamants.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1910" data-file-height="1665" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Second Empire Grand Cross star in diamonds</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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awards</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_and_notes">References and notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References and notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The award for the French Legion of Honour is known by many titles, also depending on the five levels of degree: Knight of the Legion of Honour; <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur</i></span></i>; Officer of the Legion of Honour; <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Officier de la Légion d'honneur</i></span></i>; Commander of the Legion of Honour; <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur</i></span></i>; Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour; <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur</i></span></i>; Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour; <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Grand'Croix de la Légion d'honneur</i></span></i>. The word <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">honneur</i></span></i> is often capitalised, as in the name of the palace <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Palais_de_la_L%C3%A9gion_d%27Honneur" title="Palais de la Légion d'Honneur">Palais de la Légion d'Honneur</a></i></span></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The first recorded women's award is 1851, under <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_III_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon III of France">Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">All Olympic Gold Medal winners are awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Légion</i></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Officially, military units are not members of the Legion of Honour, which include only individuals. As for foreign Legionnaires, they are "decorated with the Legion of Honour insignia", not "member of the Legion of Honour". Do not confuse military units that received the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Fourrag%C3%A8re" title="Fourragère">fourragère</a></i></span> to the colour of the ribbon of the Legion of Honour (units quoted at six, seven or eight times in the order of the army with military units whose flag is decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honour.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><b>Citations</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Le petit Larousse</i> 2013, p.1567.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pierre-Louis Roederer, "Speech Proposing the Creation of a Legion of Honour", <i>Napoleon: Symbol for an Age, A Brief History with Documents</i>, ed. Rafe Blaufarb (New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008), 101–102.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBaetjer2019" class="citation book cs1">Baetjer, Katharine (15 April 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3CqQDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22L%C3%A9gion+d%27honneur%22+%22ribbon%22&pg=PA326"><i>French Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art from the Early Eighteenth Century through the Revolution</i></a>. 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ordre_du_Merite_maritime_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_maritime_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ordre_du_Merite_maritime_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_maritime_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Ordre_du_Merite_maritime_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_maritime_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_Maritime" title="Ordre du Mérite Maritime">Order of Maritime Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_de_Tahiti_Nui_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Ordre_de_Tahiti_Nui_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_de_Tahiti_Nui_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Ordre_de_Tahiti_Nui_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_de_Tahiti_Nui_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Ordre_de_Tahiti_Nui_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_de_Tahiti_Nui_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Tahiti_Nui" title="Order of Tahiti Nui">Order of Tahiti Nui</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:lightsteelblue;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Award" title="Award">Decorations and medals</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Civilian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_pour_acte_de_courage_et_de_d%C3%A9vouement_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Medaille_d%27honneur_pour_acte_de_courage_et_de_d%C3%A9vouement_ribbon.png/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_pour_acte_de_courage_et_de_d%C3%A9vouement_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Medaille_d%27honneur_pour_acte_de_courage_et_de_d%C3%A9vouement_ribbon.png/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_pour_acte_de_courage_et_de_d%C3%A9vouement_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Medaille_d%27honneur_pour_acte_de_courage_et_de_d%C3%A9vouement_ribbon.png/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_pour_acte_de_courage_et_de_d%C3%A9vouement_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="56" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Honour_medal_for_courage_and_devotion" title="Honour medal for courage and devotion">Honour medal for courage and devotion</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27aeronautique_Or_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27aeronautique_Or_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27aeronautique_Or_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27aeronautique_Or_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27aeronautique_Or_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27aeronautique_Or_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27aeronautique_Or_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_de_l%27A%C3%A9ronautique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Médaille d'honneur de l'Aéronautique (page does not exist)">Honour medal of Aeronautics</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_(universel-1)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-1%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-1%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-1%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-1%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-1%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-1%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Honour_medal_of_Foreign_Affairs" title="Honour medal of Foreign Affairs">Honour medal of Foreign Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_Agricole.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Medaille_d%27honneur_Agricole.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_Agricole.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Medaille_d%27honneur_Agricole.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_Agricole.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Medaille_d%27honneur_Agricole.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_Agricole.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_agricole&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Médaille d'honneur agricole (page does not exist)">Agricultural honour medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_(universel-2)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Honour_medal_of_railroads" title="Honour medal of railroads">Honour medal of railroads</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria_Independence_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Nigeria_Independence_Medal_ribbon.svg/30px-Nigeria_Independence_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Nigeria_Independence_Medal_ribbon.svg/45px-Nigeria_Independence_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Nigeria_Independence_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-Nigeria_Independence_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Regional,_departmental_and_municipal_honour_medal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Regional, departmental and municipal honour medal (page does not exist)">Regional, departmental and municipal honour medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_des_douanes_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_douanes_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_douanes_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_douanes_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_douanes_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_douanes_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_douanes_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Honour_medal_of_customs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Honour medal of customs (page does not exist)">Honour medal of customs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_des_eaux_et_forets_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_eaux_et_forets_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_eaux_et_forets_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_eaux_et_forets_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_eaux_et_forets_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_eaux_et_forets_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_eaux_et_forets_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_des_eaux_et_for%C3%AAts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Médaille d'honneur des eaux et forêts (page does not exist)">Honour medal of Waters and Forests</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27enseignement_du_premier_degre_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27enseignement_du_premier_degre_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27enseignement_du_premier_degre_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27enseignement_du_premier_degre_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27enseignement_du_premier_degre_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27enseignement_du_premier_degre_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27enseignement_du_premier_degre_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_de_l%27Enseignement_du_1er_degr%C3%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Médaille d'honneur de l'Enseignement du 1er degré (page does not exist)">Honour medal of 1st degree education</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27%D0%B0dministration_penitentiaire_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27%D0%B0dministration_penitentiaire_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27%D0%B0dministration_penitentiaire_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27%D0%B0dministration_penitentiaire_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27%D0%B0dministration_penitentiaire_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27%D0%B0dministration_penitentiaire_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_l%27%D0%B0dministration_penitentiaire_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_p%C3%A9nitentiaire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Médaille d'honneur pénitentiaire (page does not exist)">Penitentiary honour medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_(universel-3)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Honour_medal_for_civilian_personnel_of_the_Defense_Ministry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Honour medal for civilian personnel of the Defense Ministry (page does not exist)">Honour medal for civilian personnel of the Defense Ministry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_Police_nationale_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_Police_nationale_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_Police_nationale_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_Police_nationale_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_Police_nationale_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_Police_nationale_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_Police_nationale_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Honour_medal_of_the_National_Police" title="Honour medal of the National Police">Honour medal of the National Police</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_des_Sapeurs_Pompiers_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_Sapeurs_Pompiers_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_Sapeurs_Pompiers_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_Sapeurs_Pompiers_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_Sapeurs_Pompiers_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_Sapeurs_Pompiers_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_Sapeurs_Pompiers_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_Sapeurs_Pompiers_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_Sapeurs_Pompiers_2.svg/30px-M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_Sapeurs_Pompiers_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_Sapeurs_Pompiers_2.svg/45px-M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_Sapeurs_Pompiers_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_Sapeurs_Pompiers_2.svg/60px-M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_Sapeurs_Pompiers_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Honour_medal_for_firefighters" title="Honour medal for firefighters">Honour medal for firefighters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M%C3%A9daille_de_la_s%C3%A9curit%C3%A9_int%C3%A9rieure_(France)_%C3%A9chelon_bronze.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/M%C3%A9daille_de_la_s%C3%A9curit%C3%A9_int%C3%A9rieure_%28France%29_%C3%A9chelon_bronze.svg/30px-M%C3%A9daille_de_la_s%C3%A9curit%C3%A9_int%C3%A9rieure_%28France%29_%C3%A9chelon_bronze.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/M%C3%A9daille_de_la_s%C3%A9curit%C3%A9_int%C3%A9rieure_%28France%29_%C3%A9chelon_bronze.svg/45px-M%C3%A9daille_de_la_s%C3%A9curit%C3%A9_int%C3%A9rieure_%28France%29_%C3%A9chelon_bronze.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/M%C3%A9daille_de_la_s%C3%A9curit%C3%A9_int%C3%A9rieure_%28France%29_%C3%A9chelon_bronze.svg/60px-M%C3%A9daille_de_la_s%C3%A9curit%C3%A9_int%C3%A9rieure_%28France%29_%C3%A9chelon_bronze.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Medal_for_internal_security" title="Medal for internal security">Medal for internal security</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_des_societes_musicales_et_chorales_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_societes_musicales_et_chorales_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_societes_musicales_et_chorales_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_societes_musicales_et_chorales_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_societes_musicales_et_chorales_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Medaille_d%27honneur_des_societes_musicales_et_chorales_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_des_societes_musicales_et_chorales_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_de_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9s_musicales_et_Chorales&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Médaille d'honneur de Sociétés musicales et Chorales (page does not exist)">Honour medal of Musical Societies and Choirs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_protection_judiciaire_de_la_jeunesse_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_protection_judiciaire_de_la_jeunesse_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_protection_judiciaire_de_la_jeunesse_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_protection_judiciaire_de_la_jeunesse_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_protection_judiciaire_de_la_jeunesse_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_protection_judiciaire_de_la_jeunesse_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_de_la_protection_judiciaire_de_la_jeunesse_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_de_la_protection_judiciaire_de_la_jeunesse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Médaille d'honneur de la protection judiciaire de la jeunesse (page does not exist)">Honour medal of the Judicial Protection of Youth</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_(universel-3)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-3%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Honour_medal_for_work&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Honour medal for work (page does not exist)">Honour medal for work</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_(universel-2)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_%28universel-2%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9daille_d%27honneur_des_Travaux_publics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Médaille d'honneur des Travaux publics (page does not exist)">Honour medal of Civil Engineering</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_(Insigne)_des_Blesses_Civils_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Civils_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Civils_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Civils_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Civils_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Civils_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Civils_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Insigne_des_bless%C3%A9s_civils" title="Insigne des blessés civils">Insigne des blessés civils</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_la_Famille_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Medaille_de_la_Famille_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_la_Famille_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Medaille_de_la_Famille_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_la_Famille_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Medaille_de_la_Famille_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_la_Famille_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9daille_de_la_Famille_fran%C3%A7aise" title="Médaille de la Famille française">Medal of the French Family</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_la_Jeunesse_et_des_Sports_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Medaille_de_la_Jeunesse_et_des_Sports_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_la_Jeunesse_et_des_Sports_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Medaille_de_la_Jeunesse_et_des_Sports_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_la_Jeunesse_et_des_Sports_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Medaille_de_la_Jeunesse_et_des_Sports_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_la_Jeunesse_et_des_Sports_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Honour_medal_for_youth,_sports_and_associative_engagements&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Honour medal for youth, sports and associative engagements (page does not exist)">Honour medal for youth, sports and associative engagements</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruban_de_la_M%C3%A9daille_des_Mines.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ruban_de_la_M%C3%A9daille_des_Mines.svg/30px-Ruban_de_la_M%C3%A9daille_des_Mines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ruban_de_la_M%C3%A9daille_des_Mines.svg/45px-Ruban_de_la_M%C3%A9daille_des_Mines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ruban_de_la_M%C3%A9daille_des_Mines.svg/60px-Ruban_de_la_M%C3%A9daille_des_Mines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="132" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9daille_des_Mines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Médaille des Mines (page does not exist)">Medal of Mines</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_du_Tourisme_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Medaille_du_Tourisme_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_du_Tourisme_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Medaille_du_Tourisme_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_du_Tourisme_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Medaille_du_Tourisme_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_du_Tourisme_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%A9daille_du_Tourisme&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Médaille du Tourisme (page does not exist)">Medal of Tourism</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M%C3%A9daille_nationale_de_reconnaissance_aux_victimes_du_terrorisme_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/M%C3%A9daille_nationale_de_reconnaissance_aux_victimes_du_terrorisme_ribbon.svg/30px-M%C3%A9daille_nationale_de_reconnaissance_aux_victimes_du_terrorisme_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/M%C3%A9daille_nationale_de_reconnaissance_aux_victimes_du_terrorisme_ribbon.svg/45px-M%C3%A9daille_nationale_de_reconnaissance_aux_victimes_du_terrorisme_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/M%C3%A9daille_nationale_de_reconnaissance_aux_victimes_du_terrorisme_ribbon.svg/60px-M%C3%A9daille_nationale_de_reconnaissance_aux_victimes_du_terrorisme_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Recognition_for_victims_of_terrorism" title="National Medal of Recognition for victims of terrorism">National Medal of Recognition for victims of terrorism</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Defence_and_Internal_Security_Volunteer_Reservists_Medal" title="Defence and Internal Security Volunteer Reservists Medal">Defence and Internal Security Volunteer Reservists Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Military</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_militaire_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Medaille_militaire_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_militaire_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Medaille_militaire_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_militaire_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Medaille_militaire_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_militaire_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9daille_militaire" title="Médaille militaire">Médaille militaire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/30px-Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/45px-Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/60px-Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)" title="Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)">Croix de guerre 1914–1918</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg/30px-Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg/45px-Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg/60px-Croix_de_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre_1939%E2%80%931945" title="Croix de Guerre 1939–1945">Croix de Guerre 1939–1945</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croix_de_Guerre_des_Theatres_d%27Operations_Exterieurs_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Croix_de_Guerre_des_Theatres_d%27Operations_Exterieurs_ribbon.svg/30px-Croix_de_Guerre_des_Theatres_d%27Operations_Exterieurs_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Croix_de_Guerre_des_Theatres_d%27Operations_Exterieurs_ribbon.svg/45px-Croix_de_Guerre_des_Theatres_d%27Operations_Exterieurs_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Croix_de_Guerre_des_Theatres_d%27Operations_Exterieurs_ribbon.svg/60px-Croix_de_Guerre_des_Theatres_d%27Operations_Exterieurs_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_des_th%C3%A9%C3%A2tres_d%27op%C3%A9rations_ext%C3%A9rieures" title="Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures">Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croix_de_la_Valeur_Militaire_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Croix_de_la_Valeur_Militaire_ribbon.svg/30px-Croix_de_la_Valeur_Militaire_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Croix_de_la_Valeur_Militaire_ribbon.svg/45px-Croix_de_la_Valeur_Militaire_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Croix_de_la_Valeur_Militaire_ribbon.svg/60px-Croix_de_la_Valeur_Militaire_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Cross_for_Military_Valour" title="Cross for Military Valour">Cross for Military Valour</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_la_Gendarmerie_Nationale_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Medaille_de_la_Gendarmerie_Nationale_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_la_Gendarmerie_Nationale_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Medaille_de_la_Gendarmerie_Nationale_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_la_Gendarmerie_Nationale_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Medaille_de_la_Gendarmerie_Nationale_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_la_Gendarmerie_Nationale_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9daille_de_la_Gendarmerie_nationale" title="Médaille de la Gendarmerie nationale">Medal of the National Gendarmerie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Medaille_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Medaille_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Medaille_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Resistance_Medal" title="Resistance Medal">Resistance Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_des_Evades_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Medaille_des_Evades_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_des_Evades_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Medaille_des_Evades_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_des_Evades_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Medaille_des_Evades_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_des_Evades_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Escapees%27_Medal" title="Escapees' Medal">Escapees' Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1914-1918_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/30px-Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/45px-Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/60px-Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_combatant%27s_cross_1914%E2%80%931918" class="mw-redirect" title="Volunteer combatant's cross 1914–1918">Volunteer combatant's cross 1914–1918</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1939-1945_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1939-1945_ribbon.svg/30px-Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1939-1945_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1939-1945_ribbon.svg/45px-Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1939-1945_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1939-1945_ribbon.svg/60px-Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_1939-1945_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_combatant%27s_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Volunteer combatant's cross">Volunteer combatant's cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg/30px-Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg/45px-Croix_du_Combattant_Volontaire_de_la_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Croix_du_Combattant_%281930_France%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Croix_du_Combattant_%281930_France%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Combatant%27s_Cross" title="Combatant's Cross">Combatant's Cross</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_l%27Aeronautique_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Medaille_de_l%27Aeronautique_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_l%27Aeronautique_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Medaille_de_l%27Aeronautique_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_l%27Aeronautique_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Medaille_de_l%27Aeronautique_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_l%27Aeronautique_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Aeronautical_Medal" title="Aeronautical Medal">Aeronautical Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_(Coloniale)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Overseas_Medal" title="Overseas Medal">Overseas Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_la_Defense_Nationale_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Medaille_de_la_Defense_Nationale_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_la_Defense_Nationale_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Medaille_de_la_Defense_Nationale_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_la_Defense_Nationale_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Medaille_de_la_Defense_Nationale_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_la_Defense_Nationale_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/National_Defence_Medal" title="National Defence Medal">National Defence Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Medal_for_voluntary_military_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Medal for voluntary military service">Medal for voluntary military service</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_des_Services_Militaires_Volontaires_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Defence_and_Internal_Security_Volunteer_Reservists_Medal" title="Defence and Internal Security Volunteer Reservists Medal">Defence and Internal Security Volunteer Reservists Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_(d%27Afrique_du_Nord)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_the_Nation%27s_Gratitude" title="Medal of the Nation's Gratitude">Medal of the Nation's Gratitude</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_(Insigne)_des_Blesses_Militaires_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Militaires_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Militaires_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Militaires_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Militaires_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Militaires_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_%28Insigne%29_des_Blesses_Militaires_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Medal_for_the_War_Wounded" title="Medal for the War Wounded">Medal for the War Wounded</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27honneur_du_Service_de_Sante_des_Armees_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Medaille_d%27honneur_du_Service_de_Sante_des_Armees_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27honneur_du_Service_de_Sante_des_Armees_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Medaille_d%27honneur_du_Service_de_Sante_des_Armees_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27honneur_du_Service_de_Sante_des_Armees_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Medaille_d%27honneur_du_Service_de_Sante_des_Armees_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27honneur_du_Service_de_Sante_des_Armees_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Military_Health_Service_honour_medal" title="Military Health Service honour medal">Military Health Service honour medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:lightsteelblue;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>Commemorative medals</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em;background:#faead2;">1852 – 1871:<br /><a href="/wiki/Second_French_Empire" title="Second French Empire">Second Empire</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;background:#faead2;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_Sainte-Helene_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Medaille_de_Sainte-Helene_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_Sainte-Helene_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Medaille_de_Sainte-Helene_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_Sainte-Helene_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Medaille_de_Sainte-Helene_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_Sainte-Helene_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena_Medal" title="Saint Helena Medal">Saint Helena Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_1859_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_1859_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_1859_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_1859_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_1859_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_1859_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_1859_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_medal_of_the_1859_Italian_Campaign" title="Commemorative medal of the 1859 Italian Campaign">Commemorative medal of the 1859 Italian Campaign</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_de_Chine_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_de_Chine_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_de_Chine_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_de_Chine_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_de_Chine_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_de_Chine_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_de_Chine_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_medal_of_the_1860_China_Expedition" title="Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition">Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Mexique_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Mexique_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Mexique_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Mexique_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Mexique_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Mexique_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Mexique_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_medal_of_the_Mexico_Expedition" title="Commemorative medal of the Mexico Expedition">Commemorative medal of the Mexico Expedition</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em;background:#faead2;">1871–1914:<br /><a href="/wiki/Belle_%C3%89poque" title="Belle Époque">Belle Époque</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0;background:#faead2;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_la_guerre_1870-1871_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_guerre_1870-1871_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_guerre_1870-1871_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_guerre_1870-1871_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_guerre_1870-1871_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_guerre_1870-1871_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_guerre_1870-1871_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_medal_of_the_1870%E2%80%931871_War" title="Commemorative medal of the 1870–1871 War">Commemorative medal of the 1870–1871 War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Tonkin_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Tonkin_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Tonkin_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Tonkin_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Tonkin_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Tonkin_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Tonkin_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tonkin_Expedition_commemorative_medal" title="Tonkin Expedition commemorative medal">Tonkin Expedition commemorative medal (1885)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Dahomey_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Dahomey_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Dahomey_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Dahomey_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Dahomey_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Dahomey_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_l%27expedition_du_Dahomey_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Dahomey_Expedition_commemorative_medal_1892" title="Dahomey Expedition commemorative medal 1892">Dahomey Expedition commemorative medal (1892)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_Madagascar_(1886_et_1896)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Medaille_commemorative_de_Madagascar_%281886_et_1896%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_Madagascar_%281886_et_1896%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Medaille_commemorative_de_Madagascar_%281886_et_1896%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_Madagascar_%281886_et_1896%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Medaille_commemorative_de_Madagascar_%281886_et_1896%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_Madagascar_%281886_et_1896%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Madagascar_commemorative_medal" title="Madagascar commemorative medal">Madagascar Expeditions commemorative medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_(Coloniale)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_d%27Outre-Mer_%28Coloniale%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Colonial_Medal" title="Colonial Medal">Colonial Medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_Chine_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Medaille_commemorative_de_Chine_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_Chine_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Medaille_commemorative_de_Chine_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_Chine_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Medaille_commemorative_de_Chine_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_Chine_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/1901_China_expedition_commemorative_medal" title="1901 China expedition commemorative medal">China Expedition commemorative medal (1901)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_du_Maroc_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Medaille_commemorative_du_Maroc_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_du_Maroc_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Medaille_commemorative_du_Maroc_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_du_Maroc_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Medaille_commemorative_du_Maroc_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_du_Maroc_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Morocco_commemorative_medal_(1909)" title="Morocco commemorative medal (1909)">Morocco commemorative medal (1909)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em;background:#faead2;">1914–1918:<br /><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;background:#faead2;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/30px-World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/45px-World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/60px-World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%931918_Inter-Allied_Victory_medal_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal (France)">1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_des_Dardanelles_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Medaille_commemorative_des_Dardanelles_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Dardanelles_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Medaille_commemorative_des_Dardanelles_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Dardanelles_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Medaille_commemorative_des_Dardanelles_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Dardanelles_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles_campaign_medal" title="Dardanelles campaign medal">Dardanelles campaign medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Orient_campaign_medal" title="Orient campaign medal">Orient campaign medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%931918_Commemorative_war_medal_(France)" title="1914–1918 Commemorative war medal (France)">Commemorative medal of the 1914–1918 War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_la_Reconnaissance_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Medaille_de_la_Reconnaissance_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_la_Reconnaissance_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Medaille_de_la_Reconnaissance_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_la_Reconnaissance_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Medaille_de_la_Reconnaissance_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_la_Reconnaissance_Francaise_Bronze_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_French_Gratitude" title="Medal of French Gratitude">Medal of French Gratitude</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_des_Victimes_de_l%27Invasion_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Medaille_des_Victimes_de_l%27Invasion_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_des_Victimes_de_l%27Invasion_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Medaille_des_Victimes_de_l%27Invasion_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_des_Victimes_de_l%27Invasion_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Medaille_des_Victimes_de_l%27Invasion_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_des_Victimes_de_l%27Invasion_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Medal_for_Victims_of_the_Invasion" title="Medal for Victims of the Invasion">Medal for Victims of the Invasion</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_des_prisonniers_civils,_deportes_et_otages_de_la_Grande_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Medaille_des_prisonniers_civils%2C_deportes_et_otages_de_la_Grande_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_des_prisonniers_civils%2C_deportes_et_otages_de_la_Grande_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Medaille_des_prisonniers_civils%2C_deportes_et_otages_de_la_Grande_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_des_prisonniers_civils%2C_deportes_et_otages_de_la_Grande_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Medaille_des_prisonniers_civils%2C_deportes_et_otages_de_la_Grande_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_des_prisonniers_civils%2C_deportes_et_otages_de_la_Grande_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Medal_for_civilian_prisoners,_deportees_and_hostages_of_the_1914-1918_Great_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Medal for civilian prisoners, deportees and hostages of the 1914-1918 Great War">Medal for civilian prisoners, deportees and hostages of the 1914-1918 Great War</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em;background:#faead2;">1918–1939:<br /><a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">Interwar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0;background:#faead2;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_Syrie-Cilicie_(Levant)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Medaille_commemorative_de_Syrie-Cilicie_%28Levant%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_Syrie-Cilicie_%28Levant%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Medaille_commemorative_de_Syrie-Cilicie_%28Levant%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_Syrie-Cilicie_%28Levant%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Medaille_commemorative_de_Syrie-Cilicie_%28Levant%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_Syrie-Cilicie_%28Levant%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Syria-Cilicia_commemorative_medal" title="Syria-Cilicia commemorative medal">Syria-Cilicia commemorative medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em;background:#faead2;">1939–1945:<br /><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;background:#faead2;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_des_Services_Volontaires_dans_la_France_Libre_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Medaille_commemorative_des_Services_Volontaires_dans_la_France_Libre_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Services_Volontaires_dans_la_France_Libre_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Medaille_commemorative_des_Services_Volontaires_dans_la_France_Libre_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Services_Volontaires_dans_la_France_Libre_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Medaille_commemorative_des_Services_Volontaires_dans_la_France_Libre_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Services_Volontaires_dans_la_France_Libre_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_medal_for_voluntary_service_in_Free_France" title="Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France">Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Italie_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/1943%E2%80%931944_Italian_campaign_medal" title="1943–1944 Italian campaign medal">Italian Campaign medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_la_Deportation_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Medaille_de_la_Deportation_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_la_Deportation_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Medaille_de_la_Deportation_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_la_Deportation_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Medaille_de_la_Deportation_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_la_Deportation_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_l%27Internement_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Medaille_de_l%27Internement_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_l%27Internement_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Medaille_de_l%27Internement_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_l%27Internement_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Medaille_de_l%27Internement_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_l%27Internement_pour_faits_de_Resistance_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Medal_for_deportation_and_internment_for_acts_of_resistance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Medal for deportation and internment for acts of resistance (page does not exist)">Medal for deportation and internment for acts of resistance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_la_Deportation_Politique_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Medaille_de_la_Deportation_Politique_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_la_Deportation_Politique_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Medaille_de_la_Deportation_Politique_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_la_Deportation_Politique_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Medaille_de_la_Deportation_Politique_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_la_Deportation_Politique_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_l%27Internement_Politique_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Medaille_de_l%27Internement_Politique_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_l%27Internement_Politique_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Medaille_de_l%27Internement_Politique_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_l%27Internement_Politique_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Medaille_de_l%27Internement_Politique_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_l%27Internement_Politique_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Political_deportation_and_internment_medal" title="Political deportation and internment medal">Political deportation and internment medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Guerre_1939-1945_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%931945_Commemorative_war_medal_(France)" title="1939–1945 Commemorative war medal (France)">Commemorative medal of the 1939–1945 War</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_la_France_Liberee.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Medaille_de_la_France_Liberee.svg/30px-Medaille_de_la_France_Liberee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Medaille_de_la_France_Liberee.svg/45px-Medaille_de_la_France_Liberee.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Medaille_de_la_France_Liberee.svg/60px-Medaille_de_la_France_Liberee.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_a_liberated_France" title="Medal of a liberated France">Medal of a liberated France</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_(Insigne)_du_Refractaire_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_%28Insigne%29_du_Refractaire_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_%28Insigne%29_du_Refractaire_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_%28Insigne%29_du_Refractaire_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_%28Insigne%29_du_Refractaire_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_%28Insigne%29_du_Refractaire_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_%28Insigne%29_du_Refractaire_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Recusant%27s_insignia" title="Recusant's insignia">Recusant's insignia</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em;background:#faead2;">1945–1964:<br /><a href="/wiki/French_Fourth_Republic" title="French Fourth Republic">Decolonisation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0;background:#faead2;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_des_Nations_Unies_en_Coree_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_des_Nations_Unies_en_Coree_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_des_Nations_Unies_en_Coree_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_des_Nations_Unies_en_Coree_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_des_Nations_Unies_en_Coree_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_des_Nations_Unies_en_Coree_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_des_Nations_Unies_en_Coree_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_medal_for_United_Nations_operations_in_Korea" title="Commemorative medal for United Nations operations in Korea">United Nations operations in Korea commemorative medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Indochine_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Indochine_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Indochine_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Indochine_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Indochine_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Indochine_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_de_la_Campagne_d%27Indochine_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Indochina_Campaign_commemorative_medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Indochina Campaign commemorative medal">Indochina Campaign commemorative medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_du_Moyen-Orient_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Middle_East_operations_commemorative_medal_(1956)" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle East operations commemorative medal (1956)">Middle East operations commemorative medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_de_securite_et_de_Maintien_de_l%27ordre_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_de_securite_et_de_Maintien_de_l%27ordre_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_de_securite_et_de_Maintien_de_l%27ordre_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_de_securite_et_de_Maintien_de_l%27ordre_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_de_securite_et_de_Maintien_de_l%27ordre_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_de_securite_et_de_Maintien_de_l%27ordre_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_des_Operations_de_securite_et_de_Maintien_de_l%27ordre_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Africa_Security_and_Order_Operations_Commemorative_Medal" title="North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal">North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Since 1964</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_(d%27Afrique_du_Nord)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_the_Nation%27s_Gratitude" title="Medal of the Nation's Gratitude">Medal of the Nation's Gratitude</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_(d%27Afrique_du_Nord)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_de_Reconnaissance_de_la_Nation_%28d%27Afrique_du_Nord%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Africa_medal" class="mw-redirect" title="North Africa medal">North Africa medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UNIFIL_ribbon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/UNIFIL_ribbon_bar.svg/30px-UNIFIL_ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/UNIFIL_ribbon_bar.svg/45px-UNIFIL_ribbon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/UNIFIL_ribbon_bar.svg/60px-UNIFIL_ribbon_bar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="94" data-file-height="27" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Medal" title="United Nations Medal">United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_commemorative_Francaise_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Medaille_commemorative_Francaise_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_commemorative_Francaise_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Medaille_commemorative_Francaise_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_commemorative_Francaise_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Medaille_commemorative_Francaise_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_commemorative_Francaise_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/French_commemorative_medal" title="French commemorative medal">French commemorative medal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_de_la_protection_militaire_du_territoire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Medaille_de_la_protection_militaire_du_territoire.svg/30px-Medaille_de_la_protection_militaire_du_territoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Medaille_de_la_protection_militaire_du_territoire.svg/45px-Medaille_de_la_protection_militaire_du_territoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Medaille_de_la_protection_militaire_du_territoire.svg/60px-Medaille_de_la_protection_militaire_du_territoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Medal_for_the_Military_Protection_of_the_Territory" title="Medal for the Military Protection of the Territory">Medal for the Military Protection of the Territory</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:goldenrod;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b>Defunct orders</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#faead2;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em;background:#faead2;">Royal &<br />Imperial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;background:#faead2;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_de_Saint-Michel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Ordre_de_Saint-Michel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_de_Saint-Michel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Ordre_de_Saint-Michel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_de_Saint-Michel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Ordre_de_Saint-Michel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_de_Saint-Michel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Michael" title="Order of Saint Michael">Order of Saint Michael</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Saint-Esprit_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Ordre_du_Saint-Esprit_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Saint-Esprit_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Ordre_du_Saint-Esprit_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Saint-Esprit_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Ordre_du_Saint-Esprit_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Saint-Esprit_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Holy_Spirit" title="Order of the Holy Spirit">Order of the Holy Spirit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_Royal_et_Militaire_de_Saint-Louis_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Ordre_Royal_et_Militaire_de_Saint-Louis_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_Royal_et_Militaire_de_Saint-Louis_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Ordre_Royal_et_Militaire_de_Saint-Louis_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_Royal_et_Militaire_de_Saint-Louis_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Decoration_of_The_Lily" class="mw-redirect" title="Decoration of The Lily">Decoration of The Lily</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Brassard_de_Bordeaux_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ordre_du_Brassard_de_Bordeaux_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Brassard_de_Bordeaux_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ordre_du_Brassard_de_Bordeaux_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Brassard_de_Bordeaux_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ordre_du_Brassard_de_Bordeaux_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Brassard_de_Bordeaux_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Decoration_of_the_Bordeaux_Armband&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decoration of the Bordeaux Armband (page does not exist)">Decoration of the Bordeaux Armband</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_de_la_Fidelite_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Ordre_de_la_Fidelite_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_de_la_Fidelite_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Ordre_de_la_Fidelite_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_de_la_Fidelite_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Ordre_de_la_Fidelite_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_de_la_Fidelite_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Decoration_of_the_Fidelity&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Decoration of the Fidelity (page does not exist)">Decoration of the Fidelity</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaille_des_Blesses_(1848)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Medaille_des_Blesses_%281848%29_ribbon.svg/30px-Medaille_des_Blesses_%281848%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Medaille_des_Blesses_%281848%29_ribbon.svg/45px-Medaille_des_Blesses_%281848%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Medaille_des_Blesses_%281848%29_ribbon.svg/60px-Medaille_des_Blesses_%281848%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Medal_of_the_wounded&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Medal of the wounded (page does not exist)">Medal of the wounded</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_de_la_Croix_de_Juillet_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Ordre_de_la_Croix_de_Juillet_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_de_la_Croix_de_Juillet_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Ordre_de_la_Croix_de_Juillet_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_de_la_Croix_de_Juillet_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Ordre_de_la_Croix_de_Juillet_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_de_la_Croix_de_Juillet_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Cross_of_July" title="Order of the Cross of July">Order of the Cross of July</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em;background:#faead2;">Ministerial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0;background:#faead2;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_combattant_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ordre_du_Merite_combattant_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_combattant_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ordre_du_Merite_combattant_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_combattant_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ordre_du_Merite_combattant_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_combattant_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_combattant" title="Ordre du Mérite combattant">Order of Merit for Veterans</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_militaire_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Ordre_du_Merite_militaire_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_militaire_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Ordre_du_Merite_militaire_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_militaire_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Ordre_du_Merite_militaire_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_militaire_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_militaire_(France)" title="Ordre du Mérite militaire (France)">Order of Military Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_civil_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ordre_du_Merite_civil_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_civil_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ordre_du_Merite_civil_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_civil_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Ordre_du_Merite_civil_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_civil_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Civil_Merit_(France)" title="Order of Civil Merit (France)">Order of Civil Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_social_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Ordre_du_Merite_social_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_social_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Ordre_du_Merite_social_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_social_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Ordre_du_Merite_social_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_social_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_social" title="Ordre du Mérite social">Order of Social Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_du_travail_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ordre_du_Merite_du_travail_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_du_travail_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ordre_du_Merite_du_travail_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_du_travail_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ordre_du_Merite_du_travail_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_du_travail_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_du_Travail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ordre du Mérite du Travail (page does not exist)">Order of Labour Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_touristique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ordre_du_Merite_touristique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_touristique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ordre_du_Merite_touristique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_touristique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Ordre_du_Merite_touristique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_touristique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_touristique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ordre du Mérite touristique (page does not exist)">Order of Touristic Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_de_l%27Economie_nationale_Cavalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Ordre_de_l%27Economie_nationale_Cavalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_de_l%27Economie_nationale_Cavalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Ordre_de_l%27Economie_nationale_Cavalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_de_l%27Economie_nationale_Cavalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Ordre_de_l%27Economie_nationale_Cavalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_de_l%27Economie_nationale_Cavalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordre_de_l%27%C3%89conomie_nationale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ordre de l'Économie nationale (page does not exist)">Order of the National Economy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_Commercial_et_Industriel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ordre_du_Merite_Commercial_et_Industriel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_Commercial_et_Industriel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ordre_du_Merite_Commercial_et_Industriel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_Commercial_et_Industriel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ordre_du_Merite_Commercial_et_Industriel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_Commercial_et_Industriel_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_commercial_et_industriel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ordre du Mérite commercial et industriel (page does not exist)">Order of Commercial and Industrial Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_artisanal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ordre_du_Merite_artisanal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_artisanal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ordre_du_Merite_artisanal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_artisanal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Ordre_du_Merite_artisanal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_artisanal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_artisanal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ordre du Mérite artisanal (page does not exist)">Order of Artisan Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_de_la_Sante_publique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Ordre_de_la_Sante_publique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_de_la_Sante_publique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Ordre_de_la_Sante_publique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_de_la_Sante_publique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Ordre_de_la_Sante_publique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_de_la_Sante_publique_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ordre_de_la_Sant%C3%A9_publique" title="Ordre de la Santé publique">Order of Public Health</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_Postal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ordre_du_Merite_Postal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_Postal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ordre_du_Merite_Postal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_Postal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Ordre_du_Merite_Postal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_Postal_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_postal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ordre du Mérite postal (page does not exist)">Order of Postal Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_sportif_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Ordre_du_Merite_sportif_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_sportif_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Ordre_du_Merite_sportif_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_sportif_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Ordre_du_Merite_sportif_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_sportif_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_sportif&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ordre du Mérite sportif (page does not exist)">Order of Sport Merit</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em;background:#faead2;">Colonial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;background:#faead2;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_Indochinois_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ordre_du_Merite_Indochinois_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_Indochinois_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ordre_du_Merite_Indochinois_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_Indochinois_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Ordre_du_Merite_Indochinois_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_Indochinois_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_Indochinois" title="Ordre du Mérite Indochinois">Order of Indochinese Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_du_Merite_Saharien_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Ordre_du_Merite_Saharien_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/30px-Ordre_du_Merite_Saharien_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Ordre_du_Merite_Saharien_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/45px-Ordre_du_Merite_Saharien_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Ordre_du_Merite_Saharien_Chevalier_ribbon.svg/60px-Ordre_du_Merite_Saharien_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ordre_du_M%C3%A9rite_Saharien" title="Ordre du Mérite Saharien">Order of Saharan Merit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ordre_de_l%27Etoile_Noire_Chevalier_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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style="font-size:85%;">(Philippines)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtuti_Militari" title="Virtuti Militari">War Order Virtuti Militari</a> (wartime) / <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Military_Cross" title="Order of the Military Cross">Order Krzyża Wojskowego</a> (peacetime) <span style="font-size:85%;">(Poland)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Tower_and_Sword" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the Tower and Sword">Order of the Tower and Sword</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Portugal)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Michael_the_Brave" title="Order of Michael the Brave">Order of Michael the Brave</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Romania)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Hero of the Russian Federation">Hero of the Russian Federation</a> <i>title</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Russian Federation)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Serbia)" title="Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)">Order of the White Eagle with swords</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Serbia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Somali_Star" title="Order of the Somali Star">Order of the Somali Star</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Somalia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkwe_ya_Gauta" title="Nkwe ya Gauta">Nkwe ya Gauta</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(South Africa)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laureate_Cross_of_Saint_Ferdinand" title="Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand">Laureate Cross of St. Ferdinand</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Spain)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parama_Weera_Vibhushanaya" title="Parama Weera Vibhushanaya">Parama Weera Vibhushanaya</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Sri Lanka)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Sword" title="Order of the Sword">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Sweden)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Rama" title="Order of Rama">Order of Rama</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Thailand)</span></li> <li><a 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New Zealand">New Zealand</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(United States)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Obsolete</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Louis" title="Order of Saint Louis">Order of Saint Louis</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kingdom of France)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Maria_Theresa" title="Military Order of Maria Theresa">Military Order of Maria Theresa</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Austria-Hungary)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Bravery_(Hungary)" title="Medal of Bravery (Hungary)">Medal of Bravery</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kingdom of Hungary)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite">Pour le Mérite</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kingdom of Prussia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Max_Joseph" title="Military Order of Max Joseph">Military Order of Max Joseph</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kingdom of Bavaria)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_St._Henry" title="Military Order of St. Henry">Military Order of St. Henry</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kingdom of Saxony)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Merit_Order_(W%C3%BCrttemberg)" title="Military Merit Order (Württemberg)">Military Merit Order</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kingdom of Württemberg)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Nazi Germany)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Kite" title="Order of the Golden Kite">Order of the Golden Kite</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Empire of Japan)</span></li> <li><a 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