The Order of the Legion is the highest French award and one of the most well-known awards in the world. It recognizes exceptional military and civil merits of the most deserving persons who paid important services to the Republic. It was established on May 19, 1802 by the First Consul of France Napoleon Bonaparte. The insignia is a white enamel five-beam star with forked rays (forming the cross) and silver or golden spheres on the tips.
The Legion of Honor, badge of the cavalier
France ,
23.06.1984
МЗСБ КП 21864
60 x120x 40 х 6 mm
metal, enamel, moire, stamping, weaving, assembly
The Legion of Honor, badge of the cavalier (l'Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur, grade du chevalier). Award to the city of Volgograd. Presented by Francois Mitterrand, the President of France 23.06.1984
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Cup. A gift from Czechoslovak writers and journalists to the heroic Stalingrad
Czechoslovakia ,
1947 September
Cup. A gift from Czechoslovak writers and journalists to the heroic Stalingrad
An engraved dedicatory inscription “Hrdinnému Stalingradu / Čs. spisovatelé a novináři / záři 1947” (To the Heroic Stalingrad from the Czechoslovakian writers and journalists, September 1947) enframed with laurel branches; on the bottom there is the finesse stamp “875” and the manufacturer’s seal.
Napkin. A gift from the students of Stefan Plyushev School to the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution
Bulgaria ,
1967
Napkin. A gift from the students of Stefan Plyushev School to the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution
A square, linen, white napkin. At the edges it is embroidered with cross-stitches using red, green, brown and white cotton and silk threads. The embroidery shows geometrically shaped floral ornaments. People's Republic of Bulgaria, Sevlievo
