FRANCE - Order of the Legion of Honor. Commander's star, IIIrd Republic, luxury model. 18k gold, enamel, old and pink diamonds, emeralds and rubies, SC, case.
Height Height : 12 cm
Gross weight : 63,5 g
Expert : Gaëtan Brunel.
Provenance : Léon Bassée, former owner of the newspaper of Douai, appointed in 1927 chief of the political service and administrator of the Havas Agency which will become the French Office of Information (OFI) then the France-Presse Agency (AFP) in 1944. Léon Bassée followed the official trips of French presidents and ministers abroad. It was on these occasions that he received decorations. In 1929, he collaborated on the last interviews of Clémenceau which were published the day after the latter's death under the title "Le Testament politique du Tigre".
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