The French Third Republic (1870-1945)
- Legion of Honour 1802
- Order of the Public Instruction 1866
The French Republic possessed in Asia, Africa and America a large colonial empire. For the purposes of this huge area, a number of "Colonial orders of knighthood" were established or incorporated.
They were :
- Royal Order of Cambodia (French:"Ordre Royal du Cambodge" (1864)
- Order of the Star of Anjouan (French:"Ordre de l'Étoile d'Anjouan" (1874)
- Order of the Dragon of Annam (French:"Ordre du Dragon d'Annam" (1886)
- Order of Nichan El-Anouar (French:"Ordre du Nichan El-Anouar" (1887)
- Order of the Black Star (French:"Ordre de l'Étoile Noire" (1889)
In addition, the Governor-General of French Indo-China established in 1900 :
- Order of the Merit of Indochina (French:Ordre du Mérite Indochinois").
France had also not enough in the fatherland with the Legion of Honor. The various ministries therefore proposed that they themselves managed and issued orders to:
- National Order of Agricultural Merit (French: "l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole") 1883
- Order of Maritime Merit (French:”Ordre du Mérite Maritime”) 1930
- Order of the Social Merit (French:”Ordre du Mérite social”) 1936
- Order of Public Health (French:”Ordre de la Santé publique”) 1938
- Orde of the Commercial Merit (French:”Ordre du Mérite commercial”) (1939)
which was renamed in 1961 "Order of the Commercial and Industrial Merit".
In 1940, a French government was formed in exile . They suggested a knighthood order as:
- Order of Liberation established in 1940 by Charles de Gaulle in London.
The France-remaining government of Marshal Philippe Pétain, the so-called "Vichy government", proposed 2 knighthood orders:
- National Order of Labour (French:"Ordre National Du Travail" 1942
- Order of the Francisque (French: "Ordre de la francisque") 1941
Read more about this topic: Historical Orders Of France
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