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|The eighth model, used for only three years during the [[French Second Republic|Second Republic]] is the only other example apart from the very first model to not have any hanging device (no crown/wreath). The obverse once again shows a portrait of Napoleon, with the text saying "Bonaparte [[French Consulate|First Consul]]" and the date of the order's founding; 19th May 1802. The reverse shows the crossed tricolours as before, however this time the "Honneur et Patrie is written underneath and not on the ring, the first and only time this was the case. The reverse ring instead reads "RepubliqueRépublique Française" which would later feature on the obverse ring.

|The eleventh model created for the [[French Third Republic|Third French Republic]] would be another radical change, and the first to show much of the symbolism of todays model. It was the first model to hang from a wreath of laurel and oak leaves, and the first to feature the profile of [[Marianne]] on the obverse. The ring on the obverse reads; "RepubliqueRépublique Française", the first since the early Second Republic and the first time on the obverse, with the date [[1870 in France|1870]]. The back features the tricolours and the usual text of Honour and Fatherland, in a design almost identical to the seventh model used during the July Monarchy.