The red ribbon of the Region of Honour is among the world’s most highly prized decorations. The fact that it is generously distributed docs not seem to lower its prestige. Members of the Legion now number _ more than 141,000, as compared with 133,000 in 1928, 49,000 in 1913, and 32,000 in 1813. Only about 800 women are members of the order, and only about twenty have risen to the rank of officer.
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Evening Star, Issue 20720, 17 February 1931, Page 11
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