Description
Trupp b (mot) 4)
and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with REGULAR ARMY bar (silver
It concludes with an Appendix that recounts the Republic of China War Commemorative Medal (mentioned because it celebrates the Allied Victory but is not actually a Victory Medal)
5 mm (w) x 56 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension
Diamonds of average quality
France, Ii Republic. A Legion Of Honour, Knight, C. 1850 Auction Trupp b (mot) 4)Legionne de Honore. Instituted May 19, 1802. Type V (1848 1851). In silver, a white enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials, with an oak and laurel leaf wreath in each quadrant, the obverse medallion in Gold presents the right facing portrait of Luis Napoleon surrounded by a heavily worn blue enamel ring inscribed BONAPARTE 1ER CONSUL 19 MAI, the reverse medallion presents two enamelled crossed French flags separating the inscription HONNEUR ET