Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
medal
MEDALS, BADGES & COMMEMORATIVE ITEMS1928
metal; enamel; cloth
overall: 4 x 1-3/4 in.
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor medal awarded to Edward E. Bradley, 1928, by the French government; medal is shaped like a five-sided double-pointed star, made of white enamel, encircled by a green wreath of oak and laurel leaves and topped by a smaller, similar wreath, the head of "Marianne", symbolic figure of the Republic, appears on the front of the medal, two tricolour French flags on the back; printed on front "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 1870"; printed on back "HONNEUR ET PATRIE"; medallion suspended from red moire ribbon. Some chipped enamel on front top point. See also G. W. Blunt White Library for accompanying Chevalier of the Legion of Honor certificate.
2005.73.8