France, Ii Empire. A Legion D'honneur, Knight C.1860 Newly Listed exhibiting use with light pitting

exhibiting use with light pitting

horizontal pinback with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch on the reverse

72 mm x 41

and beg of you

This is an exceptionally well-preserved prewar photo album belonging to Anton Reich

France, Ii Empire. A Legion D'honneur, Knight C.1860 Newly Listed exhibiting use with light pitting(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