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Ordre des Arts et Lettres

Ordre M?rite Agr?cole

Ordre de la L?gion d'honneur

Here tree beautiful examples 1. Ordre de la L?gion d'honneur 2. Ordre du M?rite Agrecole 3. Ordre des Arts et Lettres

Breast star of the grand Cross, civilian division, made by P. De Greef

Grand Cross of the order of Leopold Civilian division, made by P. De Greef the model is from after 1952 (the legend is in French and Dutch)

Ed The document is an original, it has recently been given, I put of the name, date and Nr of the document. The recipient would like to know what the name is of this orde, and his meaning. (he dont read mongolian, neder I)

Can some body help me for the identification of this decoration, and where for it is given ?

Compare the medal of the Order of the African star with this of the Order of The Crown with those above

Bellow the gold medal of the order of the African Star with palm first World War I bought this star a few years ago in Paris, On the front we see that initial it was the madal of the order of the crown, where the crown is taken away and a star is put in the place. se photos Remark ; this is NOT a copy, but probebly made during the 1st WW in france, beaucause the bigest part of Belgium was occupied by the germans.

here a miniature of the Ordre National du M?rite,second National order of France, mounted for a lady

An other model, marked wit BR brons and the sign of the Monnaie de Paris on the tranch on the bottem

A page with ? few L?gion d'honneurs from the Collection Brouwet at the exhebition in Malmaison in 1926

There is olso an interseting book with beutifull photos from private and Museum collections, with came out last year, but it costs 250 euro. "ORDRES de CHEVALERIE, D?corations et m?dailles" (des origines au second empire) de Jean-Pierre Collignon. R?f. ORME, 2005, 24 x 32, 464 p., r?li?, plus de 1400 ill. couleurs, 250 ? Un instrument de travail exceptionnel indispensable aux historiens, aux collectionneurs, aux experts en ventes publiques, aux mus?es nationaux et municipaux, aux grandes maisons royales et imp?riales et aussi, tout simplement, aux amateurs de belles images et de bijoux du patrimoine glorieux de la France. you can order it via the website of www.memodoc.com in France

On the next website D?coration Militaire (in Dutch) you can find a lot of different pieces with there periode and kings monograms

At teh moment ther is a boutifull officers cross (4th class) of Gediminas with original box on ebay Franse see link Gediminas ebay France 15-3-2006

Ther is a good book "For Merits to Lithuania" from Vilius Kavaliauskas. I sow this mans collection in Brussels a few years ago, it is impressif. see his website Kavaliauskas and you van see here the beautiful order of Vytis that belonged to King Albert I of Belgium ans exposed in the Royal Army Museum in Brussels Order of Vytis of King Albert I

a little history about the collection brouwet The Collection Brouwet is a gift of the Collector to the Royal Army Museum in Belgium in 1939 it is composed of Orders created by Napoleon and his brothers and orders from the allied countries. a part of this collection has been publiched in the book "Les Ordres Fran?ais et R?compenses Nationales" by L. Bourdier in 1927 after an exhebition in the castel of Malmaison near Paris (House of Napol?on and Josephine) in 1926. The book has been reedited in 1977 by the douchter of Bourdier, Colette. Here you see the photo's of this exhibition made by Brouwet and Bourdier in 1926. From the pieces mentioned als collection Brouwet in the book from Bourdier, 5 are in 1939 no more in the collection, 4 of them has been bought in 1936 by the Mus?e National de la L?gion d'honneur in Paris, of 1 we dont know where it is. Olse pieces mentiond als collection L.B. (Bourdier) has been bought by Brouwet and are in the collection that came in the museum in 1939. At this moment this collection is no more exposed to the public.

Dear Joe, her the beautifull LDH 3rd Republic you asked for in the topic Legion of Honnor. On the next link you can find an gold cross 1 empire witch was worn by Napoleon himself. It is a piece from the collection Brouwet in the Royal Army Museum in Brussels L?gion d'Honneur of Napoleon Front Backside

Here a nice Knight cross of the L?gion d'honneur 3rd Republic

It is very difficult to date the m?daille militaire from the 3rd Republic, the model depends on who whas the juweller who made it. The oldes piece is where the armes are fixed on the medal (Model de Versaille) 1870. There existe an discription of serveral Types, Type I, II, etc but there is no periode mentiond For me the models wit he arms on both side (cannons crossed ) and (Curasse) are luxury models. The M?daille Militaire with the date 1870 is from 1870 until 1951. Normally they has to be in silver (marked wit the mark (head of an boar) on the bottem of the medal on the reverse), after the second WW we find olso models in other metal. Some time you can find the mark of the juweller on the suspention ring Some time by the Medals of the 19th century you can find on the back an ancor (signe of Albert Barre) or the name Barre (Albert Barre whas the" Graveur g?n?ral" of the mint of Paris under Napol?on III, he died in 1878.

If you like to buy a French war cros look at Ebay France Prices from 2,5 euro to 15 euro

It is a the French War Cross there are crosses with the date 1914-1915 , 1914-1916, 1914-1917, 1914-1918 see ols the page from France Phaleristique (in french) There is olso a book about it see http://cgi.ebay.fr/CROIX-DE-GUERRE-VALEUR-...1QQcmdZViewItem

Here a beautifull miniature of an grandofficier of the Order of Leopold, Civil Division if you want to see more beautifull pictures of Belgian Orders look at these of The Royal Army Museum in Brussels Belgion National Orders Of KLM-MRA

Minibars can be beautifull,