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Légion d’Honneur

January 28, 2021, 12:06 pm
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Leslie Sutton with his grandson, Daniel Halawi
February 26, 2019, 3:56 pm
D-Day hero who witnessed Nazi trials mourned
Leslie Sutton, who was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 2016 and attended the Nuremburg Trials, has passed away aged 94
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Conference of European Rabbis president Pinchas Goldschmidt (fourth from right) receiving his Legion of Honour Award in Paris from French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (fifth from right)
November 13, 2018, 12:15 pm
Top Russian rabbi awarded France’s highest honour
Conference of European Rabbis president Pinchas Goldschmidt given the Legion of Honour in Paris ceremony
Walter Bingham skydives over northern Israel!
October 19, 2018, 10:04 am
British Kindertransport refugee, 94, becomes Israel’s oldest skydiver
Walter Bingham fell from 13,000 feet as a belated birthday present - and insists he'll do it again before he reaches 100
Walter Bingham with his Legion of Honor award on his lapel, on board the ship in Haifa harbour Photo credit: Embassy of France to Israel / Elodie Sauvage
February 28, 2018, 10:43 am
British man, 94, receives France’s Legion d’Honneur for role in Normandy landings
Walter Bingham presented with the award on a French warship in Haifa harbour earlier this month
Corporal Kraus with his medal, and during the Second World War.
August 15, 2017, 5:25 pm
Jewish war veteran, 97, awarded France’s highest honour
Vienna-born Walter Kraus says he is 'touched' to receive the Légion d’Honneur, but adds that he still thinks of his fallen comrades
By Jewish News Reporter
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