List of French orders and decorations

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This list gives an overview of the French orders and decorations .

kingdom

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of France (987-1791)

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

Coat of arms of the French Empire (1804-1815)

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

French national coat of arms since 1953

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

Coat of arms of the 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

Medal commemorative française

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c H. Schulze, Chronicle of all known knight orders and decorations, which are awarded by sovereigns and governments, together with illustrations of the decorations, Volume 2, Moeser and Kühn, Berlin 1853, pp. 67, 68, 70