Badge and star: Legion of Honour, 1st class

Awarded to Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher (1841-1920) in 1906.. 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 sash of scarlet moire ribbon. Star: A uniface silver star of ten points like the badge with rays between each limb. In the centre, a silver effigy of the female head representing the Republic, surrounded by a silver riband bearing the legend 'REPUBLIC FRANCAISE 1870'. Attached with brooch pin.

Admiral of the Fleet, Lord John Arbuthnot Fisher (1841-1920) was a notable technical and strategic innovator who played a major role in modernising the Royal Navy prior to World War I. In 1886 he was appointed Director of Naval Ordinance and Torpedoes. His time as First Sea Lord from 1904 to 1910 saw the introduction of the turbine engine in the Royal Navy and the construction of HMS ‘Dreadnought’. He concentrated the fleet closer to the British Isles to meet the threat from Germany. He was briefly appointed First Sea Lord again during 1914 after the British defeat at Coronel but resigned after seven months following disagreements with Churchill over the Dardanelles expedition.