France, 5Th Republic. A Legion Of Honour, Officer’s Cross, C.1970 United Republic of five Army Collar Disks

five Army Collar Disks

Newis was wounded in action at the Battle of the Ancre Heights

1938) was a German aviation pioneer and pilot of the first transatlantic flight by a fixed-wing aircraft from East to West

Queen Victoria one shilling

a 1957 Altluneberg medal

France, 5Th Republic. A Legion Of Honour, Officer’s Cross, C.1970 United Republic of five Army Collar Disks(Legion DHonneur). Instituted in 1802. Type X (1962 ). In 18k Gold, an Officers Cross, featuring a five armed white Maltese Cross with ball finials, a wreath of half oak leaves and half laurel leaves is between the arms of the cross, the central medallion features a right facing portrait of Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE (French Republic), the reverse medallion presents