--Previous Message-- : No, she wears her usual two family orders, as : we can see on this larger picture: : : : (Source: Flickr/romanbenedikhanson) : : We can also notice that the Queen is : wearing, pinned at the tip of her neckline, : a small dark ribbon, which is the ribbon and : cross (in miniature size) of "Companion : of the Order of Liberation". The Order : of Liberation was founded by General de : Gaulle in 1940 to reward people who had : distinguished themselves in the task of : liberating France and the French Empire from : the German occupation. "Companion" : was the only rank of this order, of which De : Gaulle remained the only Grand Master (even : when he was retired from power; no other : Grand Master was appointed after De Gaulle's : death in 1970). This order still exists, but : the last crosses were awarded in 1946 (the : last living "companions of : Liberation" are therefore very old : now... and very few [less than 20]). The : Order was exceptionally reopened twice by : General de Gaulle after 1946: in 1958 for : Sir Winston Churchill, and in 1960 for King : George VI (posthumously). Apparently, Queen : Elizabeth II received the cross of Companion : of Liberation on behalf of her late father, : and wore it during De Gaulle's State visit. : : We can see the medal slightly better on this : picture, taken during the return dinner at : the French embassy: : : (Source: Rue des Archives, via : TipsImages.it) : : :