Willem Drees

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Willem Drees Sr. was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party and later co-founder of the Labour Party and historian who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 7 August 194

Drees in 1958

Drees in 1908

Belgian Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, Luxembourgish Prime Minister Pierre Dupong and Drees at a Benelux conference, 10 March 1949

Newly appointed Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Drees at the Ministry of Defence, 11 January 1951

Legion of Honour

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The National Order of the Legion of Honour, formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, is the highest and most prestigious French national institution, both military and civil. It consists o

Willem Drees

…1949 Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog Denmark Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Trinity Ethiopia 3 November 1954 Grand Cross of the Order of the Legion of Honour France 10 July 1954 Grand Cross of the Royal Order of George I Greece 2 February 1954 Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Africa Liberia 10 December…

The silver version of the Grand Cross of the order given by President René Coty to Dutch Prime Minister Willem Drees

First Légion d'Honneur investiture, 15 July 1804, at Saint-Louis des Invalides by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1812)

Napoleon Distributing the Legion of Honour at the Camp of Boulogne by Philippe-Auguste Hennequin. A depiction of Napoleon making some of the first awards of the Legion of Honour, at a camp near Boulogne on 16 August 1804

As Emperor, Napoleon always wore the Cross and Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour.[citation needed]