Legion of Honour (France)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Legion_of_Honour_(France)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:Légion_d'honneur
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:Grand_Chancery_of_the_Legion_of_Honour
gptkbp:annualEvent	gptkb:Bastille_Day
gptkbp:awardedBy	gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:awardedFor	excellent civil or military conduct outstanding service to France
gptkbp:awardYear	gptkb:First_French_Republic
gptkbp:country	gptkb:France
gptkbp:eligibility	foreign nationals French citizens
gptkbp:established	1802
gptkbp:firstAwarded	1803
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte
gptkbp:grades	gptkb:Chevalier gptkb:Commandeur gptkb:Grand_Croix gptkb:Grand_Officier gptkb:Officier
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:insignia	gptkb:award gptkb:star red ribbon
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French
gptkbp:lowerAward	gptkb:Chevalier
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Honneur_et_Patrie
gptkbp:museum	gptkb:Musée_de_la_Légion_d'honneur,_Paris
gptkbp:notableRecipient	gptkb:Charles_de_Gaulle gptkb:Elon_Musk gptkb:Jean-Paul_Sartre gptkb:Marie_Curie gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	approximately 92,000 living members
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	five-armed Maltese asterisk image of Marianne laurel and oak wreath
gptkbp:type	gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:website	https://www.legiondhonneur.fr/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Douglas_Haig gptkb:Lord_Mountbatten
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Legion of Honour (France)