Cross of Rouen for the royal volunteers

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The Rouen Cross for the Royal Volunteers was a French award and bore no resemblance to the usual award crosses. It was founded in 1814 by the French King Louis XVIII. donated. The united corps of royal volunteers in what is now the Seine-Maritime department were honored with this symbol .

Order decoration

The decoration of the order was a gold oval shield with a gold-rimmed purple border. The inscription inside read: "Vertu, Courage, Heroisme". In the shield itself was the maiden of Orleans as a bust.

The back also had a central shield in gold with a central lily . A purple border had the inscription "Gage d'Union". A laurel wreath surrounded everything.

The decoration hung on a lily under the royal crown. The ribbon was passed through a support ring of the orb of the crown was secured.

Ribbon

The ribbon was purple.

literature

  • Ferdinand von Biedenfeld : History and constitution of all spiritual and secular, extinct and prosperous orders of knights. Volume 1: Extinct medals. Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1841, pp. 218–219 .
  • Aristide Michel Perrot: Historical collection of all still existing knight orders of the different nations. Baumgärtnersche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1821, p. 10 , plate 4, fig. 6 .