Kingdom of France, The July Monarchy 1830-1848
- Legion of Honour from 1830 the first in rank among French decorations and knighthood orders.
- Order of the Academic Palms (1808)
- Order of the Cross of July, (French: "Ordre de la Croix de Juillet"), established in 1830 by the "Burgess King" Louis Philippe I.
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