List of French orders and decorations
This list gives an overview of the French orders and decorations .
kingdom
- Order of the Star (1022)
- Order of the Gorse Flower (1234)
- Order of Ermine (1381)
- Order of the Porcupine (1394)
- Order of the Golden Fetter (1415)
- Order of the Knights of Corn Ears (1450)
- Order of Saint Michael (1469)
- Order of the Ladies of the Rope (1498)
- Order of the Holy Spirit (1578)
- Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (1607)
- Order of the Holy Sepulcher (1693)
- Order of St. Ludwig (1693)
- Military Merit Order (1759)
- Order of Saint Hubert (1815)
- July Cross (1830)
- July Medal (1830)
Empire
- Order of the Legion of Honor (1802)
- Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1808)
- Order of the three golden fleeces (1809)
- Ordre de la Réunion (1811)
- Cross of Rouen for the Royal Volunteers (1814)
- Bayonne awarded the National Guard (1815)
- Decoration of Honor for the Siege of Lyon (1815)
- Medal of Honor for the Royal Volunteers (1815)
- Order of Loyalty (France) 1815
- Helen Medal (1857)
- Commemorative medal for the campaign in Italy (1859)
- Commemorative medal for the Chinese expedition (1860)
- Commemorative medal for the Mexican expedition (1863)
republic
- Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1808)
- Military commemorative coin (1852)
- Military Medal (1852)
- Mérite agricole (1883)
- Order of the Black Star (1894)
- Royal Order of Cambodia (1896)
- Order of the Dragon of Annam (1896)
- Order of the Star of Anjouan (1896)
- Order of Nichan el-Anouar (1896)
- Croix de guerre (1915)
- War Cross TOE (1921)
- Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1914-1918 (1921)
- Médaille interalliée 1914-1918 (1922)
- Order of Merit of the Sea (1930)
- Croix du Combattant (1930)
- Croix du Combattant Volontaire (1935)
- Order for Social Merit (1936)
- Medal for Services to Health Care (1938)
- Order for Merit to Commerce (1939)
- Ordre de la Liberation (1940)
- Médaille de la Resistance (1943)
- Médaille commémorative française de la guerre 1939-1945
- Médaille de l'Aéronautique (1945)
- Order for Services to the Craft (1948)
- Order for Services to Tourism (1949)
- Order for Services to the Postal Service (1953)
- Order of Merit for Frontline Fighters (1953)
- Order for Services to the National Economy (1954)
- Croix du Combattant Volontaire de la Resistance (1954)
- Order for Services to Sports (1956)
- Croix de la Valeur militaire (1956)
- Order for Merit to Labor (1957)
- Order for Military Merit (1957)
- Order of Civil Merit (1957)
- Order for Art and Literature (1957)
- Sahara Order of Merit (1958)
- National Order of Merit (1963)
Vichy regime
- Francisque (1941)
- Croix du combattant de la guerre 1939-1940 (1941)
- Sahara Africa Medal of Merit (1941)
- LVF War Cross (1942)
- Order of Merit (1942)
See also
literature
- Arnhard Graf Klenau: European Order from 1700 , ISBN 3-921566-05-3
- André Damien: Les Ordres de Chevalerie et les Décorations , Éditions Mémoire et Documents, ISBN 2-914611-05-6