French World Cup champions awarded Legion d'Honneur
The players in France's football team which last year won the World Cup have been awarded the Legion of Honour in the new year's honours list.
The 23 players, including star strikers Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann, each received France's top medal for their part in beating Croatia in the World Cup final in Moscow.
The French team that won the 1998 World Cup also received the Legion of Honour.
The football World Cup 2018 at Russia was France’s second World Cup title, after the 1998 World Cup.
France, in Western Europe, encompasses medieval cities, alpine villages and Mediterranean beaches
Capital: Paris
President: Emmanuel Macron
The Legion of Honour is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.
Established: 19 May 1802;
Awarded for: Excellent civil or military conduct; delivered, upon official investigation
Grand Master: President of France
Grand chancelier: Benoît Puga
Secretary-General: Luc Fons
The players in France's football team which last year won the World Cup have been awarded the Legion of Honour in the new year's honours list.
The 23 players, including star strikers Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann, each received France's top medal for their part in beating Croatia in the World Cup final in Moscow.
The French team that won the 1998 World Cup also received the Legion of Honour.
The football World Cup 2018 at Russia was France’s second World Cup title, after the 1998 World Cup.
France, in Western Europe, encompasses medieval cities, alpine villages and Mediterranean beaches
Capital: Paris
President: Emmanuel Macron
The Legion of Honour is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.
Established: 19 May 1802;
Awarded for: Excellent civil or military conduct; delivered, upon official investigation
Grand Master: President of France
Grand chancelier: Benoît Puga
Secretary-General: Luc Fons
