en Lebanese Order of Merit, Third Grade - Silver Medal

fr Ordre du mérite libanais, troisième classe - Médaille d'argent

ar وسام الاستحقاق اللبناني، الدرجة الثالثة - الميدالية الفضية

16/1/1922

Circular silver medal with laterally pierced ball suspension; the face with a figure in traditional Lebanese costume before a cedar of Lebanon barring the way to a raging lion, a fort in the background, signed ‘G. Corm’ (see below); the reverse with intricate geometric design and inscribed ‘ETAT DU GRAND LIBAN’ (State of Greater Lebanon) and ‘HONNEUR * DEVOUEMENT’ (Honour * Duty) in French and Arabic; on original ribbon of blue, white and red stripes with an embroidered cedar of Lebanon.
The Order was created by Decision Nº.1080 dated 16 January 1922 by the French government of the Mandated Territory and amended by the Decree of 13 December 1927. It is now regulated by the Code of Decorations as set out in Decree-Law 122 of 12 June 1959 and consists of two dignities and four ordinary classes.

The Order is bestowed ‘to reward great services rendered to Lebanon, outstanding acts of courage, acts of great moral value, and years in public service.

1922 - مدالية الاستحقاق اللبناني، قرار

Lebanese Order of Merit, Fourth Grade - Bronze medal

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Georges David Corm