Interesting Ordre des Palmes académiques

[Igor Ostapenko]

Very nice work in gold 900

[augustin1813]

Very nice!

[Igor Ostapenko]

Like Modele E 

[Graf]

Hi Igor have you checked the Gold content 900 is usually for Silver The French usually made the Order in 14  or 18 Carat Gold Otherwise it is e very lovely Order Congrats

Here is another Luxury Palm Order in Gold

Edited August 10, 2023 by Graf

[Igor Ostapenko]

1 hour ago, Graf said:

Hi Igor have you checked the Gold content 900 is usually for Silver The French usually made the Order in 14  or 18 Carat Gold Otherwise it is e very lovely Order Congrats

Here is another Luxury Palm Order in Gold

Hi Graf, 

my badge marked eagle head for gold . 
and 900 

[Graf]

That is strange,marking, eagle head is OK why marked additional  900

Mos of the old ones are 18 Carat Gold There are no other marks,  When they are 14 Carat Gold,(much rarer then the 18 Carat ones) they are marked 585 in addition of the eagle head as well

Here  couple of minis in Gold  marked with eagle head on the ribbon loops

The right one is old and is bigger then usual minis

[Graf]

[Igor Ostapenko]

Very nice minis !!! 👍

[Graf]

4 hours ago, Igor Ostapenko said:

Very nice minis !!! 👍

Thanks

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

It's only in 1955 that the "Palmes Académiques" became an order. Prior 1955 it was called "Palmes Universitaires and/ or Palmes Académiques". Interesting reading: Ordre des Palmes académiques - Wikipedia

 

Translation of part the French page (Ordre des Palmes académiques — Wikipédia (wikipedia.org)😞

 

"The insignia of this order have evolved over time:

 

Originally, the badge represented an olive branch and a laurel branch intertwined. The laurel branch is reminiscent of the laurel wreath worn by victors in Antiquity, but also by poets; as for the olive branch, it evokes peace, but the winners of the ancient Olympic Games also wore an olive crown:

 

-under the First Empire (1808), the palms are woven in purple thread on a black felt background about 10 cm high, sewn onto the robes of professors of imperial and then royal universities (three variants listed);

 

- under the Second Empire, the palms are woven on a ribbon of black or purple moire — which still earns them their name of purple decoration and in the order that of the purple Legion — about 5 cm high, many variants exist ; they are in silver or gold wire for officers of public instruction and in polychrome wire for academy officers; from 1866 the palms were made of metal and suspended from a plain purple ribbon for Academy officers and a ribbon with a rosette for Officers of Public Instruction. They are then in silver for the officers of the academy and in vermeil, even in gold, for the officers of public instruction. Generally the olives are represented in red enamel, more rarely in green enamel.

 

- under the Third Republic, the model adopted in 1866 was maintained.

 

Since 1955, the badge has been made up of two identical branches, rather laurel (the olives have disappeared), based on a model designed by Raymond Subes. The ranks of knight, officer and commander were then created:

- knight's insignia are usually silver (sometimes bronze or silver vulgar metal) suspended from a plain purple ribbon;

 

- officer's insignia are generally in vermeil (more rarely in gold or even in bronze or vulgar gold metal) suspended from a purple ribbon fitted with a rosette;

 

- Commander's insignia are generally in vermeil (more rarely in gold or even in bronze or vulgar gold metal) suspended from a tie worn around the neck."

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

 

 

[Igor Ostapenko]

Thank You for additional Information !!! 
Very Interesting ! 

[Graf]

On 25/08/2023 at 17:16, No one said:

Dear Gentlemen,

 

It's only in 1955 that the "Palmes Académiques" became an order. Prior 1955 it was called "Palmes Universitaires and/ or Palmes Académiques". Interesting reading: Ordre des Palmes académiques - Wikipedia

 

Translation of part the French page (Ordre des Palmes académiques — Wikipédia (wikipedia.org)😞

 

"The insignia of this order have evolved over time:

 

Originally, the badge represented an olive branch and a laurel branch intertwined. The laurel branch is reminiscent of the laurel wreath worn by victors in Antiquity, but also by poets; as for the olive branch, it evokes peace, but the winners of the ancient Olympic Games also wore an olive crown:

 

-under the First Empire (1808), the palms are woven in purple thread on a black felt background about 10 cm high, sewn onto the robes of professors of imperial and then royal universities (three variants listed);

 

- under the Second Empire, the palms are woven on a ribbon of black or purple moire — which still earns them their name of purple decoration and in the order that of the purple Legion — about 5 cm high, many variants exist ; they are in silver or gold wire for officers of public instruction and in polychrome wire for academy officers; from 1866 the palms were made of metal and suspended from a plain purple ribbon for Academy officers and a ribbon with a rosette for Officers of Public Instruction. They are then in silver for the officers of the academy and in vermeil, even in gold, for the officers of public instruction. Generally the olives are represented in red enamel, more rarely in green enamel.

 

- under the Third Republic, the model adopted in 1866 was maintained.

 

Since 1955, the badge has been made up of two identical branches, rather laurel (the olives have disappeared), based on a model designed by Raymond Subes. The ranks of knight, officer and commander were then created:

- knight's insignia are usually silver (sometimes bronze or silver vulgar metal) suspended from a plain purple ribbon;

 

- officer's insignia are generally in vermeil (more rarely in gold or even in bronze or vulgar gold metal) suspended from a purple ribbon fitted with a rosette;

 

- Commander's insignia are generally in vermeil (more rarely in gold or even in bronze or vulgar gold metal) suspended from a tie worn around the neck."

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

 

 

Very nice information  Thanks

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

There is a new decree (May 3, 2021): 

Décret n° 2021-547 du 3 mai 2021 modifiant diverses dispositions du code de l'éducation relatives aux Palmes académiques

Decree No. 2021-547 of May 3, 2021 amending various provisions of the Education Code relating to Academic Palms

 

Décret n° 2021-547 du 3 mai 2021 modifiant diverses dispositions du code de l'éducation relatives aux Palmes académiques - Légifrance (legifrance.gouv.fr)

 

Translation of the "Section 2":

- The knight's cross consists of a double palm of 35 mm in silver, enameled in purple, suspended from a purple moire ribbon of 37 mm in width.

- The officer's cross consists of a 35 mm double palm in gold, enameled in purple, suspended from a 37 mm wide purple moiré ribbon with rosette.

- The Commander's Cross, whose palms are 60 mm, in gold, enameled in purple, is suspended from a purple moiré tie; the palms are surmounted by a crown formed by two small palms.

- The ribbon may be worn without decoration. Officers wear a rosette. Commanders wear a rosette placed on a silver lace.

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

 

[Graf]

4 hours ago, No one said:

Dear Gentlemen,

 

There is a new decree (May 3, 2021): 

Décret n° 2021-547 du 3 mai 2021 modifiant diverses dispositions du code de l'éducation relatives aux Palmes académiques

Decree No. 2021-547 of May 3, 2021 amending various provisions of the Education Code relating to Academic Palms

 

Décret n° 2021-547 du 3 mai 2021 modifiant diverses dispositions du code de l'éducation relatives aux Palmes académiques - Légifrance (legifrance.gouv.fr)

 

Translation of the "Section 2":

- The knight's cross consists of a double palm of 35 mm in silver, enameled in purple, suspended from a purple moire ribbon of 37 mm in width.

- The officer's cross consists of a 35 mm double palm in gold, enameled in purple, suspended from a 37 mm wide purple moiré ribbon with rosette.

- The Commander's Cross, whose palms are 60 mm, in gold, enameled in purple, is suspended from a purple moiré tie; the palms are surmounted by a crown formed by two small palms.

- The ribbon may be worn without decoration. Officers wear a rosette. Commanders wear a rosette placed on a silver lace.

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

 

Thank you