France, Kingdom. An Order of St. Louis in Gold, Knight, c.1800 Republic of with a decorative raised handle

with a decorative raised handle

1952 and discontinued in 1991

One posed group photograph of a Freiwilliges Landesschützenkorps machine gun crew with riflemen

Footnote: Georg Leitner was born on 19 April 1912 in Austria-Hungary

there was a call to General Quarters

France, Kingdom. An Order of St. Louis in Gold, Knight, c.1800 Republic of with a decorative raised handle(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis). Instituted 1693 by Louis XIV (Louis the Great). An unusual knight's badge in Gold consisting of a Maltese cross with ball finials, applique in white enamels with Gold fleur de lys in each quadrant, obverse centre presenting a superposed enamelled portrait of Saint Louis, surrounded by the motto LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693, (Louis the Great instituted it in 1693), reverse centre displaying a