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Description: Presidential decree by Jules Grévy, on the recommendation of his Minister of Foreign Affairs Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire, granting various levels of the Légion d'Honneur to approximately 35 people for their services rendered at the International Exposition and Congress of Electricity, in relation to their discoveries and inventions.
Title: French Presidential Decree -Award of Legion of Honour to Helholtz, Bell and Edison -10 November 1881 Pg. 1
Credit: Musée national de la Légion H'honneur et des ordres de chevalerie, 75007 Paris, France
Author: French President Jules Grévy, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire
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