France: Medal of Honour for Foreign Affairs

Médaille d'honneur des affaires étrangères

Ribbon: Equal stripes of blue, white, and red.

Instituted: 28 July 1816.

Awarded: For outstanding services rendered abroad by French civil servants and military personnel, and also foreigners who have rendered exceptional service to France, or have performed exceptional acts of courage on French soil..

Type 1
1816-1861		 Type 2
1861-1887		 Type 3
1887-2010
Type 3a with Swords
1887-1917		 Type 3b with Swords
1917-2010		 Type 4
2010-date
Class 1 Sorry - no picture of obverse Sorry - no picture of reverse
Class 2 Sorry - no picture of obverse Sorry - no picture of reverse
Class 3 Sorry - no picture of obverse Sorry - no picture of reverse
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