Honours and Legacy
- Decree awarding Helmholtz the French Legion of Honour
- Helmholtz was conferred with Honorary Membership of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland in 1884.
- The largest German association of research institutions, the Helmholtz Association, is named after him.
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