Legion of Honour (France)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Legion_of_Honour_(France)
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Legion of Honour (France)
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