{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"La Tribune de l’Art","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.latribunedelart.com","title":"Fundraising for the Legion of Honour","author_name":"B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Bonnet Saint-Georges","width":"800","height":"600","url":"https:\/\/www.latribunedelart.com\/une-souscription-pour-la-legion-d-honneur-12548","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/www.latribunedelart.com\/une-souscription-pour-la-legion-d-honneur-12548'\u003EFundraising for the Legion of Honour\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 1811, Napoleon wrote to the Comte de Lac\u00e9p\u00e8de : \"The decoration is a distinction granted by the Emperor. No Frenchman decorated with the Grand Eagle or the Cross of the Legion of Honour may wear it made of diamonds, pearls or precious stones, unless it has been given to him by the Emperor or unless special authorisation has been given by the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour\". General Jean Boudet was granted this privilege.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}