It was then that little medals with the image of the new king and fleurs de lys, on white ribbons, began to circulate to reassure and appease the Paris population.

One of the comte d'Artois's orders of the day, on 26 April 1814, created the Décoration du Lys for the garde nationale of Paris as "a perpetual sign of the services it has rendered, whether in fighting for their homes and, charged alone on the night of 30 March with ensuring Paris's guard and safety, preserving the king's capital for the king and the goods, lives and honour of so many families, or – when occupying posts beside those of the troops of the line – it rendered them an example of devotion and sacrifice, or when – despite this painful service – it acted as the maison militaire du Roi and granted the royal family the satisfaction of, for their guard, not being surrounded by the French."

By an order of the day on 9 May 1814, king Louis XVIII approved the creation of the Décoration du Lys, extending it to all the gardes nationales of France.

[2] As with the croix du Lys, some bore the inscription Gage de la paix- Vive le Roi.

In 1816 the 600 National Guards serving in Paris in 1815 received the Fidelity Decoration, created by order of Louis XVIII on 5 February 1816 to replace the Décoration du Lys.