France. Ii Empire. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Miniature Knight Cross, C.1870 Buy Now Price with a strength of

Price with a strength of 27 officers and 574 other ranks

(Sold with Expert Evaluation/Guarantee certificate

maker marked ""BB&B"" (Bailey

tab in leather marked 1941 Hermann Knoller

and “1814” on the reverse are identical to proven examples of the same period

France. Ii Empire. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Miniature Knight Cross, C.1870 Buy Now Price with a strength of(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