France. Ii Empire. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Miniature Knight Cross, C.1870 Buy Now fabricated from wood with a

fabricated from wood with a painted black finish

postcard showing a picture of actor

numbered "31413"

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

good very fine

France. Ii Empire. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Miniature Knight Cross, C.1870 Buy Now fabricated from wood with a(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