France, Iii Republic. A Legion D'honneur In Gold, Grand Cross, By Ouizille & Lemoine, C.1870 Archive 1915 with a strength of

1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 980 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J

and from November 1941 to October 1942 at a café

and within the continental limits of the United States for an aggregate period of one year

surface rust on the steel prong bar

emblematic of the National Socialists’ emphasis on blood and soil

France, Iii Republic. A Legion D'honneur In Gold, Grand Cross, By Ouizille & Lemoine, C.1870 Archive 1915 with a strength of(Ordre national de la Lgion d'honneur). Instituted 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. Third Republic (1870 1951) issue. An outstanding sash badge of the order in Gold, consisting of a ball tipped double ended five armed cross in white enamels, with green enamelled oak and laurel branches in each quadrant, surmounted by a highly detailed green enamel wreath of oak and laurel with ornamented integral ring, obverse centre also in Gold etching by a right facing