France, Second Empire. An Order of the Legion of Honour, Officer in Gold, c.1860 Auction featuring a faux blue leather

featuring a faux blue leather exterior liner

the illness again not defined in his records

the obverse displaying a crowned bear walking ontop of a fortress wall

King Friedrich-Wilhelm III limited the order to reward exclusively for merit in battle

5 mm (h) enameled ribbon bar with button hole attachment

France, Second Empire. An Order of the Legion of Honour, Officer in Gold, c.1860 Auction featuring a faux blue leather(Ordre National de la Lgion d'honneur). Instituted in 1802. 1852 1870 Issue. A beautiful officers decoration in 18 K Gold, presenting a white enamelled Maltese cross with ball finials, segments of green enamelled oak and laurel wreath in each quadrant, the obverse medallion presenting a profile of Luis Napoleon facing right with inscription NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS in the blue enamel ring surrounding the centerpiece, reverse centerpiece shows an