France, Iii Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Knight, C.1920 Hold 68 mm x 75 mm)

68 mm x 75 mm)

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France, Iii Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Knight, C.1920 Hold 68 mm x 75 mm)(Ordre national de la Lgion d'honneur). Instituted 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. Type VIII. (1870 1951 Issue). Of French manufacture, an enameled white five armed cross with ball finials in silver, featuring highly detailed laurel and oak wreath in each quadrant, obverse center featuring a superimposed Marianas portrait in Gold, surrounded by an elegant enameled blue ring inscribed REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 1870, reverse centerpiece presenting period crossed