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Highest French order of merit
- The National Order of the Legion of Honour (French: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur [ɔʁdʁ nɑsjɔnal də la leʒjɔ̃ dɔnœʁ]), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil.
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The National Order of the Legion of Honour (French: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur [ɔʁdʁ nɑsjɔnal də la leʒjɔ̃ dɔnœʁ]), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil.
- Excellent civil or military conduct, delivered, upon official investigation
- Honneur et patrie ("Honour and Fatherland")
- 19 May 1802
- President of France
Apr 12, 2024 · Legion of Honour, premier order of the French republic, created by Napoleon Bonaparte, then first consul, on May 19, 1802, as a general military and civil order of merit conferred without regard to birth or religion provided that anyone admitted swears to uphold liberty and equality.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 12, 2021 · The Legion of Honour, officially the National Order of the Legion of Honour, or Légion d’honneur in French, is France’s highest order of merit. The order is awarded to those that excel in their field, be it military, agriculture, industry, science, art, or sport.
The Légion d'Honneur is currently the oldest existing order in France, since those of the Ancien Régime disappeared definitively in 1830 and no other imperial order survived events of 1815.
Set inside the Hôtel de Salm, on the parvis of the Musée d’Orsay, the Museum of the Legion of Honor and the Orders of Chivalry is graced with a privileged situation to show collections that are unique in the world.
The orders and decorations presented on behalf of the president are the Legion of Honour, Order of Liberation, Military Medal, National Order of Merit, and National Medal of Recognition for victims of terrorism.
Created just after the First World War, the National Museum of the Légion d'Honneur and the order of knights was inaugurated in 1925. It is today the only history museum in the world to offer a panorama of the national honours of every country on the planet.
