France, Second Empire. An Order Of The Reunion, Knight's Badge, c.1850 Hold where the first Military Parachuting

where the first Military Parachuting School was located

In its plastic case of issue

Ferdinand I (1839-1849)

measuring 57 mm (w) x 88 mm (h))

France, Second Empire. An Order Of The Reunion, Knight's Badge, c.1850 Hold where the first Military Parachuting(Ordre de la Runion). Instituted 1811 by Napoleon Bonaparte. In silver gilt, the badge presents twelve white enamel rays with ball finials, with clusters of seven arrows in each quadrant linked by a solid ribbon near the edge which has been twice engraved A JAMAIS (Forever) between the 9 to 3 oclock rays on each side, the obverse central medallion presenting a central N encircled by a wreath, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed A JAMAIS, the