Legion of Honour
Proper noun
Meaning
Legion of Honour
(UK) Alternative form of Legion of Honor
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At a ceremony in Paris, France, on January 5, 2005, Martin Scorsese was awarded the French Legion of Honour in recognition of his contribution to cinema.
Before the meeting, recognising her growing fame abroad, and embarrassed by the fact that she had no French official distinctions to wear in public, the French government offered her a Legion of Honour award, but she refused.
Dean 1965, pp. 111–12 The final rehearsals went well, and in a generally optimistic mood the first night was fixed for 3 March 1875, the day on which, coincidentally, Bizet's appointment as a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour was formally announced.
He was also courageous, having been decorated with the Military Cross and the Legion of Honour.
In 2018, Macron awarded Cordier the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, the highest level of that prestigious national order.
He was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1853, promoted to Commander in 1868, to Grand Officer in 1878 and made a Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor – one of only 75 in all of France - in 1881.