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M. IMP le DE SEVRES NAPOLEON COAT OF ARMS FRANCE LEGION OF HONOR, BEES PLATE For Sale


M. IMP le DE SEVRES NAPOLEON COAT OF ARMS FRANCE LEGION OF HONOR, BEES PLATE
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M. IMP le DE SEVRES NAPOLEON COAT OF ARMS FRANCE LEGION OF HONOR, BEES PLATE:
$118.72

You are offerding on this antique 9 1/2“ plate. It is marked M. Imp. le de Sevres on the back. The flow blue cobalt is gilded with borders of the Imperial Crown, with bees in between these. There is also a bee border, with tassels on the white edge. There is the coat of arms of the Napoleonic Empire in the center. There is a laurel border on the outer edge. There is some wear to the gilding, and a tiny spot of blue on tassel border. This is a fine example of Antique French Porcelain, sold at . Please see all photos, and ask questions prior to offerding. Here is some info on the history of the legion of honor:
In the French Revolution all French orders of chivalry were abolished, and replaced with Weapons of Honour. It was the wish of Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul and de facto military dictator, to create a reward to commend civilians and soldiers and from this wish was instituted a Légion d\'Honneur,[3] a body of men that was not an order of chivalry, for Napoleon believed France wanted a recognition of merit rather than a new system of nobility. The Légion however did use the organization of old French Orders of Chivalry.
The Légion was loosely patterned after a Roman Legion, with legionaries, officers, commanders, regional \"cohorts\" and a grand council. The highest rank was not a grand cross but a grand aigle (great eagle), a rank that wore all the insignia common to grand crosses. The members were paid, the highest of them extremely generously.
First EmpireIn a decree issued on the tenth Pluviose XIII (30 January 1805), a grand decoration was instituted. This decoration, a cross on a large sash and a silver star with an eagle, became known as the Grand Aigle (French for \"Grand Eagle\"), and later in 1814 as the grand cordon (\"large sash\"). After Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French and established the Napoleonic nobility in 1808, award of the Légion gave right to the title of \"Knight of the Empire\" (chevalier de l\'empire). The title was made hereditary after three generations of grantees.
Napoleon had dispensed 15 golden collars of the legion among his family and his senior ministers. This collar was abolished in 1815.
Although research is made difficult by the loss of the archives, it is known that three women who fought with the army were decorated with the order: Virginie Ghesquière, Marie-Jeanne Schelling and a nun, Sister Anne Biget.

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