France, Ii Empire. A Legion D'honneur, Knight C.1860 Buy Now 5 mm (w) x 28

5 mm (w) x 28 mm (h)

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Entered the Army as a War Volunteer in the Lauenburgisches Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr

Finlay to go to England

Panzeraufklärungsabtlg

France, Ii Empire. A Legion D'honneur, Knight C.1860 Buy Now 5 mm (w) x 28(Legion D'Honneur). Instituted 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. 1852 1870 issue. An exceptional Second Empire Knights model, consisting of a white enameled five pointed star with ball finials in silver, featuring surrounded green enameled laurel and oak wreath in each quadrant, obverse centre in Gold (weighting 18K) exhibiting a facing right portrait of Napoleon, encircled by a blue enameled border inscribed NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS (Napoleon Emperor