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Miniature: Legion of Honour, 2nd class
Awarded to Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton. Badge: A gold star of five rays with double points enamelled white with a small gold ball on each point, with a wreath of laurel and oak between the rays. Obverse: In the centre a gilt effigy of the female head symbolic of the Republic, surrounded by a blue enamelled riband with gold letters "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 1870". Reverse: Two tricolour flags in saltire with the motto "HONNEUR ET PATRIE" . Suspended by a green enamel wreath from a ribbon of scarlet moire.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2283 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Miniature medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1919 |
| People: | Hamilton, Frederick Tower |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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