France, Ii Republic. An Order Of Legion Of Honour, Reduced Size Knight, C.1850 certificate_of_authenticity A grouping of two well

A grouping of two well preserved first war period patriotic pins

British and Indian

he died on wounds at Rouen

arriving in Le Havre

measuring 82 mm (w) x 118 mm (h)

France, Ii Republic. An Order Of Legion Of Honour, Reduced Size Knight, C.1850 certificate_of_authenticity A grouping of two well(Ordre National de la Lgion d'Honneur). Type V (1848 1851). In silver and of reduced size, a white enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials, green enamelled oak laurel leaf segments in each quadrant, the obverse medallion in Gold features the right facing portrait of Luis Napoleon, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed BONAPARTE IER CONSUL 19 MAI 1802, the reverse medallion with crossed French flags and the central inscription HONNEUR ET PATRIE