France, Napoleonic Kingdom. An Order Of St. Louis In Gold, Knight, C.1810 Auction A private purchase Naval Seaplane

A private purchase Naval Seaplane Pilot badge

insignia and one tab slightly corroded

the felt on the bottom peeling back

73mm(height)

is approximately 40

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. An Order Of St. Louis In Gold, Knight, C.1810 Auction A private purchase Naval Seaplane(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis) Instituted 1693. In Gold, consisting a white enameled Maltese cross, obverse centre presenting a portrait of Saint Louis surrounded by the motto LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693, ("Louis the Great instituted it in 1693"), reverse ceentre Gold a sword interlaced with a laurel crown and a white sash with the inscription BELL(ICAE) VIRTUTIS PRAEM(IUM) ("reward of wartime valour"), fleur de lys having been