France, Republic. Sixteen French Military Insignia Badges consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Swords of America 1770-1918

Swords of America 1770-1918

used on Police cap badges of Banovina of Croatia (1939-1941)

original tri-colour ribbon fed through a slot on the top of the medal)

crazing evident in the red enamels on the cross and in the white enamels on the arm at 7 o'clock

the 30 mm wide sweatband has a pebbled black leather-like upper and a white cloth underside

France, Republic. Sixteen French Military Insignia Badges consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Swords of America 1770-1918Badges are fabricated from bronze, thirteen are silvered, two are gilt, fifteen with various colours of enamels, one is maker marked "A. Augis Lyon", eight are maker marked "Drago Paris", five are maker marked "Drago Paris Nice", one is unmarked, fourteen with a vertical pinback, one with a horizontal pinback, all with intact enamels. Ranging from very fine to extremely fine. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent