FRANCE - ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR - Lot 150

FRANCE - ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR IVth Republic period knight's star, luxury model, with foliage in relief, fillets and small diamonds at the points and on the hoop. Center in several parts. In silver, vermeil and enamel. Ribbon. T.T.B. to SUP. Presented on the cover of the book "Mémorial de la Légion d'honneur", a copy edited for M.Eugène POIROT chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, and bearing his initials in gold on the red leather binding. -Bronze medal offered by his students on the occasion of his 50 years of teaching (1919-1969) at the ECE, adorned on one side with a small diamond. Diameter: 78 mm. In a case marked in gold "HOMMAGE DES ANCIENS ELEVES A EUGENE POIROT". Provenance: Eugène POIROT (1901-1991), a wireless instructor in the navy, was the founder in 1919 of the Ecole Centrale de Télégraphie Sans Fil, which later became ECE. Knight and Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1977. [2]