France. Ii Empire. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Miniature Knight Cross, C.1870 Buy Now Fourth Postcard is black and

Fourth Postcard is black and white

batteries and explosives

the directional pointer painted in black and finished with an arrow

peeling of the fabric covering on the base below the hinge

with bronze embedded fasces on both sides

France. Ii Empire. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Miniature Knight Cross, C.1870 Buy Now Fourth Postcard is black and(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