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Royal, Imperial and National Order of the Legion of Honour, 3rd Republic, knight (Ordre Royal, Impérial et National de la Légion d\'Honneur, 3ème République, chevalier), 1870-1951.
Arthus Bertrand manufacture
Five-pointed silver and white enamel Maltese cross with green enamel oak
and laurel wreath between the arms, on green enamel oval oak and laurel
wreath swivel suspension; the face with circular central gold medallion
bearing a female head facing right crowned with corn and laurel,
representative of the French Republic, encircled by a deep blue enamel
ring bearing the gilt inscription ‘REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE * 1870’; the
reverse with a circular central gold medallion bearing the civil and military
Frenchtricolorsin blue, white and red enamel, encircled by a deep blue
enamel ring inscribed ‘HONNEUR ET PATRIE’ (Honour and Country).The Ordre Royal, Imperial et National de la Legion d’Honneur was
established by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 May 1802 to be awarded for
outstanding civil or military service to France. It has survived Empire,
restoration of the Monarchy and five Republics. There have been at least a
dozen major changes to the insignia and, indeed, the political history of
the past 200 years of France may be traced on them. Since the
suppression of the Ordre Militaire de Saint-Louis in 1830, the Ordre de la
Legion d’Honnneur has been France’s premier order. This fine example is
from the period 1870-1901Original silk ribbon
GREAT CONDITION !
100 % ORIGINAL
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