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Show OWSLEY HONORED BY FRENCH Award of Order of Merit of Union Nationals des Combattants to National Commander. Alvln Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, has received the award of the Order of Merit of the Union Natlonale des Combattants, composed of more than a million French veterans of the "World war. Only fifty other men have been awarded award-ed tills decoration. Presentation was made by Charles Bertrand, secretary of the French organization, or-ganization, who was named president of the Interallied Veterans' federation at Its last gathering in New Orleans. The latter organization, which represents repre-sents fifteen million veterans of allied forces, has begun to wield considerable power In international affairs. The American Legion is the member body In this country. The decoration is In the form of a handsome bronze medal, suspended from a green bar with a ribbon of the French society's colors. Accompanying Accompany-ing the medal, as a personal memento from M. Bertrand, was a bronze plaque, indicating his unalterable affection af-fection for Commander Owsley and the American Legion. |