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preserving the king's capital for the king and the goods, lives and honour of so many families, or – when occupying posts beside those of the troops of the line – it rendered them an example of devotion and sacrifice, or when – despite this painful service – it acted as the maison militaire du Roi and granted the royal family the satisfaction of, for their guard, not being surrounded by the French."
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One of the comte d'Artois's orders of the day, on 26 April 1814, created the DĂ©coration du Lys for the garde nationale of Paris as "a perpetual sign of the services it has rendered, whether in fighting for their homes and, charged alone on the night of 30 March with ensuring Paris's guard and safety,
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By an order of the day on 9 May 1814, king Louis XVIII approved the creation of the Décoration du Lys, extending it to all the gardes nationales of France. It was awarded to the national guards after they took the following oath – "I swear fidelity to God, and to the King, forever" The granting of
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The DĂ©coration du Lys was often called the Ordre du Lys. Even if from 1824 it was controlled by the grand chancellory of the LĂ©gion d'honneur, it never had a Grand Master or a chancellory of its own, and is never called an Order in the official documents.
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As a commemoration and to his liking, this prince decorates the royal volunteers and the royal guards with the concession to wear a white bracelet with green details and a few millimeters from the edges with the embroidered arms of France.
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