François Frédéric Steenackers, "Histoire des ordres de chevalerie et des distinctions honorifiques en France", Librairie Internationale, Paris, 1868, p.
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But, it was only during the reign of King Louis XIV of France, that, after the construction of the Hôtel des Invalides, one has really done something to care for the (military) casualties of the war.
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