- Légion d'honneur (redirect Légion d’honneur)
The Légion d'honneur or Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (French: "National ... The order's motto is fr | Honneur et Patrie (Honour and ...
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- John Hardress Lloyd
He was awarded a DSO and made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur for his service in the British Army during the First World War . ...
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- Military William Order
Comparable with the French Légion d’Honneur but far less awarded, the Military William Order is a chivalry order of merit open to ...
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- Gabriel Auguste Ferdinand Ducuing
Made a knight of the Légion d’honneur in January 1917 at only 32 years old, he was again stationed at Dunkerque as second in command of ...
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- Mérite agricole
with a red-orange stripe down each side - the stripes symbolise the presitigious institution of the ordre national de la Légion d’honneur . ...
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- Giuseppe Castiglione (1829-1908)
He was decorated with the Légion d’honneur 1893. He played chess. Works: Image:Castiglione_sig. jpg | Castiglione's signature These include: ...
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- René Fonck (section Legion d.Honneur)
been commissioned as an officer, and had received the Légion d'honneur . ... Legion d.Honneur ": "A fighting pilot of great value, combining ...
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- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross , the Purple Heart , the Légion d’Honneur , and the Croix de Guerre with Palm for his ...
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- Alexandre Adler
He is a Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur (2002). A maoist in his youth and then a member of the Communist Party (PCF), he ...
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- Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
He was made Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur in 1824. Many of his works were published in Paris. Selected works Operas : 1788 Guerre ...
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- Amédée Despans-Cubières
of Borodino . Napoleon I of France made him an officer of the Légion d’honneur in reward for his good conduct in the 1813 campaign, in ...
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- Musée national de la Légion d'Honneur et des Ordres de Chevalerie
The Musée national de la Légion d'Honneur et des Ordres de Chevalerie is a museum ... legion-d-honneur-et-des-ordres-de-chevalerie ParisInfo entry ...
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- Jehan Georges Vibert
He was awarded the Légion d’Honneur and became a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in recognition of his sacrifice. the Légion d’Honneur in ...
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- List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (redirect List of Légion d’honneur recipients by name)
The following is a List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name. The Légion d'honneur is the highest order of ... D : Stefan Dąb-Biernacki ...
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- French Foreign Legion (redirect Légion étrangère)
The French Foreign Legion. (Légion étrangère ... Previously, the Légion was not stationed in mainland France except in wartime. the Legion ...
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- Louis Dewis
Jules Florigni was the publisher of the Bordeaux regional newspaper, Le Petit Gironde and Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. There was a ...
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- Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad
Made Grand Officier de la Légion d’Honneur by President Chirac of France in 7/1/2000. Awarded the Al-Hussein Medal for Distinguished Service ...
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- René Louiche Desfontaines
Naturelle , was one of the founders of the Institut de France , president of the Academy of Sciences , and elected to the Légion d’honneur . ...
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- Décoration du Lys
These bars were sometimes borne on the ribbon of the Légion d’honneur. Insignia : Ordinance of 26 April 1814 : a simple fleur de lys in silver ...
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- Hella Haasse
She is Officier dans l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur . Some of Haasse's works have been translated into English (see below). Bibliography ...
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