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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,

Website of Arthus Bertrand

Arthus Bertrand

M?daille Militaire, Biface, Called Model des G?n?raux (Model de Luxe), 3rd R?public

Made By Arthus Bertrand

The arms and armour are workt out on bouth sides (Cannons crossed on the back)

The center is made in tree parts and is in gold, thats why the marks is an head of a boar with the head of an eagel in the same mark (see photo)

Is there some one who knows the manufacture that has made this cros, the only mark on it is a Crab (silver mark)

Belgian Orders can be Beautifull made

Thierry

The best you can do is to look on the website of the Order

http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr

See here the model Brazaville of the "Ordre de la Liberation"