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Grand cross.
Gold, enamel.
Marked with a French gold hallmark "eagle's head".
Collection of Otto-von-Bismarck-Foundation /Otto-von-Bismarck-Stiftung/, Friedrichsruh.
Breast star.
Silver.
On April 25, 1865, Emperor Napoleon III awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honor to the Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck on the occasion of the ratification of the trade agreement between France and the German Customs Union /Zollverein/ of August 2, 1862. Bismarck met the emperor for the first time in 1855 during a ball in Versailles. The acceptance of the foreign order was approved by King Wilhelm I on May 20, 1865.
Grand cross.
Gold, enamel.
Marked with a French gold hallmark "eagle's head".
Collection of Otto-von-Bismarck-Foundation /Otto-von-Bismarck-Stiftung/, Friedrichsruh.
Breast star.
Silver.