Founding of the Legion of Honor, 1804

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This medal was struck for the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Paris Mint at the request of the donor, Hon. Levi P. Morton, formerly U.S. Minister to France.

Founding of the Legion of Honor, 1804, Medalist (obverse): Bertrand Andrieu (French, Bordeaux 1761–1822 Paris), Gilt bronze, struck, French

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