Description
two of the despatches from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
A patriotic sweetheart pin constructed from a gilded piece of an artillery shell driving band
1 Clasp - 1900 CHINE 1901
His English mother
edges trimmed in fine twisted aluminum wire
France, Kingdom. A Royal Order of St. Louis, Knight in Gold, c.1790 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac two of the despatches from(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis). Instituted 1693 by Louis XIV (Louis the Great). An immaculate knight's badge in Gold consisting of a Maltese cross with ball finials, applique in white enamels with Gold fleur de lys in each quadrant, obverse centre presenting a superposed enamelled portrait of Saint Louis, surrounded by the motto LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693, (Louis the Great instituted it in 1693), reverse centre displaying a