France, Ii Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Reduced Knight, C.1830 Hold measures 37 mm (w) x

measures 37 mm (w) x 43 mm (h)

Commander of the Crown

a circlet inscribed Volunteer Medical Staff Corps with voided Geneva Cross to centre with red cloth backing to cross

To Major Xaver Marzluf

and the Battle of Britain

France, Ii Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Reduced Knight, C.1830 Hold measures 37 mm (w) x(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 and 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