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    The Order of the Gallic Francisque (French: L’ordre de la Francisque gallique) is an order and medal which was awarded by the Vichy Regime, the Nazi-aligned...
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    François Mitterrand (category Order of the Francisque recipients)
    (both former members of La Cagoule), François Mitterrand received the Order of the Francisque (the honorific distinction of the Vichy Regime). Debate...
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    of the Legion of Honour Medal of the Order of the Francisque Badge of the Brigadier General Badge of the French Foreign Legion  Baden: Grand Cross of...
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    Auguste and Louis Lumière (category Order of the Francisque recipients)
    been regarded as the birth of cinema. Either the techniques or the business models of earlier filmmakers proved to be less viable than the breakthrough presentations...
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    Maurice Duverger (category Order of the Francisque recipients)
    first-past-the-post election system and the formation of a two-party system. While analysing the political system of France, he coined the term semi-presidential...
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  • Jacques Ploncard d'Assac (category Order of the Francisque recipients)
    activist – he was, among other things, a member of the Parti Populaire Français. Following the fall of the Vichy regime, he escaped to Portugal's Estado...
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    Alfred Cortot (category Order of the Francisque recipients)
    pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century. A pianist of massive repertory, he was especially valued...
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    Charles Huntziger (category Order of the Francisque recipients)
    the cathedral of Vichy. Huntziger is buried in Passy Cemetery, Paris. His widow was the first recipient of the Vichy regime's Order of the Francisque...
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    François Darlan (category Order of the Francisque recipients)
    Agricultural Merit: 28 July 1906 Officer of the Order of Maritime Merit: 19 January 1931 Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour: 21 December 1937;Grand Officer:...
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    René de Chambrun (category Order of the Francisque recipients)
    and author. He practised law at the Court of Appeals of Paris and the New York State Bar Association. He was the author of several books about World War...
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