France. Ii Empire. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Miniature Knight Cross, C.1870 Auction Archive exhibiting some oxidation on reverse

exhibiting some oxidation on reverse

Marked W - Silver frame with iron core

as the Court determined that he be granted 89 days Remission of Sentence and that his earliest day of release would be May 24

an overlaid white enamel eight point star with an extending ray between each cluster of faceted rays

France. Ii Empire. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Miniature Knight Cross, C.1870 Auction Archive exhibiting some oxidation on reverse(Ordre national de la Lgion d'honneur). Instituted 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. Type VII (1852 1870 Issue). Of high quality manufacture, an enameled white ball tipped five armed cross in silver, with enameled green laurel and oak wreath in each quadrant, surmounted by a typical of period Imperial crown in silver, with obverse center featuring a superimposed Napoleons portrait in Gold, surrounded by an elegant enameled blue ring inscribed REPUBLIQUE