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Badge and star: Legion of Honour, 1st class
French order awarded to Admiral of the Fleet, Earl David Beatty, G C B in 1919. Badge: A gold star of five rays with double points enamelled white with a small gold ball on each point, with a wreath of laurel and oak between the rays. Obverse: In the centre a gilt effigy of the female head symbolic of the Republic, surrounded by a blue enamelled riband with gold letters 'REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 1870'. Reverse: Two tricolour flags in saltire with the motto 'HONNEUR ET PATRIE'. Suspended by a green enamel wreath from a sash of scarlet moire ribbon.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2232.1 |
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| Type: | Badge and sash |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1919 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Earl Beatty Collection. Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1983. |
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Badge and star: Legion of Honour, 1st class (Order)
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