France, Iii Republic. A Legion D'honneur In Gold, Grand Cross, By Ouizille & Lemoine, C.1870 GTRexclude fine sticker residue on the

fine sticker residue on the reverse

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He may have been among those many male adolescents

Each armpit has a woven rayon-blended loop for suspension of a dagger

The exterior weaving has come undone towards one of the ends

France, Iii Republic. A Legion D'honneur In Gold, Grand Cross, By Ouizille & Lemoine, C.1870 GTRexclude fine sticker residue on the(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