France Ministrial Orders of France

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I would like to see some pictures of the different Ministrial Orders who are no longer in Use, those who wher dissolved on 3 decembre 1963 when the Ordre National du M?rite has been created by de Gaulle (the Blue one)

those orders are :

- Ordre du M?rite Social ( 1936 )

- Ordre de la Sant? Publique ( 1938 )

- Ordre du M?rite Commercial et Industriel ( 1939 )

- Ordre du M?rite Artisanal ( 1948 )

- Ordre du M?rite Touristique ( 1949 )

- Ordre du M?rite Combattant ( 1953 )

- Ordre du M?rite Postal ( 1953 )

- Ordre de l'?conomie Nationale ( 1954 )

- Ordre du M?rite Sportif ( 1956 )

- Ordre du M?rite du Travail ( 1957 )

- Ordre du M?rite Militaire ( 1957 )

- Ordre du M?rite Civil ( 1957 )

- Ordre du M?rite Saharien ( 1958 )

see here a knight cross of the Ordre du M?rit Combattant

the disgn of this order is from The House Arthus bertrand, see Here

This order has been created in 3 classes, Knigth, officer and commander

Edited August 23, 2006 by g_deploige

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some details of the Ordre du M?rite combattant