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
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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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Tea can
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Tea can
A gift presented by Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan, the Minister of Defence of India. The Republic of India
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Earth from Mont-Valerien hill in a box.
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Earth from Mont-Valerien hill in a box.
Earth from Mont-Valerien hill in a box. A gift from the Resistance movement and war veterans of France in connection with the 30th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in the Battle of Stalingrad
department of Hauts-de-Seine
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Testimonial “Coventry-Volgograd”
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Testimonial “Coventry-Volgograd”
Presented to the delegation of the Volgograd City Council during a visit to Coventry, January 1964