Legion of Honor (France)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Grand_Chancery_of_the_Legion_of_Honor
gptkbp:annualEvent gptkb:Bastille_Day
gptkbp:awardedBy gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
foreign nationals
French citizens
gptkbp:awardedFor eminent service to France
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:decorations gptkb:award
gptkb:silk
gptkb:star
gptkbp:established 1802
gptkbp:firstAwarded 1803
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
gptkbp:grades gptkb:Chevalier
gptkb:Commandeur
gptkb:Grand_Croix
gptkb:Grand_Officier
gptkb:Officier
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Paris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Legion of Honor (France)
gptkbp:insignia five-armed Maltese asterisk
red ribbon
gptkbp:insigniaColor red
white
gptkbp:insigniaMaterial gptkb:gold
enamel
silver
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:French_Constitution
gptkbp:lowerAward gptkb:Chevalier
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Honneur_et_Patrie
gptkbp:notableRecipient gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle
gptkb:Elon_Musk
gptkb:Jean-Paul_Sartre
gptkb:Marie_Curie
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:numberOfMembers approximately 92,000 living members
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Légion_d'honneur
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:French_government
gptkbp:postNominals gptkb:LH
gptkbp:precedence highest French order of merit
gptkbp:purpose recognition of military and civil merit
gptkbp:rank Grand Cross
gptkbp:relatedAward gptkb:National_Order_of_Merit_(France)
gptkb:Order_of_Liberation
gptkbp:symbol laurel and oak wreath
gptkbp:type gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:website https://www.legiondhonneur.fr/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jaime_Augusto_Zobel_de_Ayala
gptkb:Chevalier_of_the_Legion_of_Honor_(France)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5