Marie Pierre Kœnig

French general and politician (1898-1970) · France · Politicians · Died at 71

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Marie Joseph Pierre François Kœnig or Koenig was a French general during World War II during which he commanded a Free French Brigade at the Battle of Bir Hakeim in North Africa in 1942. He started a political career after the war and was posthumously elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France in 1984.

A life in dates

1970Died2 September 19701947Resistance MedalAward1942Companion of the LiberationAward1918Médaille militaireAward1898Born10 October 1898

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Liberation of Paris, France, 25 August 1944. General Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving Hotel de Ville, behind him is French General Marie-Pierre Koenig. In the background are tanks of the Division Leclerc.

Kœnig during a visit in Israel, 1969

Awards

Resistance Medal1947

Companion of the Liberation1942

Médaille militaire1918

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Croix de guerre 1914-1918

Croix de guerre 1939-1945

Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures

Colonial Medal

Combatant's Cross

Distinguished Service Order

Companion of the Order of the Bath

Grand Cross of the Order of George I

Inter-Allied Victory Medals

Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1914-1918

Aeronautical Medal

Escapees' Medal

Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939-1945

Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France

Medal of French Gratitude

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav

Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown

Grand Cross of the Order of Wissam Alaouite

Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown

Commander of the Legion of Merit

Commander of the Order of Agricultural Merit

Order of Suvorov, 1st class

Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog

Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Grand Cordon of the order of Nichan Iftikhar

Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

Commander of the Order of Military Virtue

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France

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