France, I Empire. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Knight With Gold Center, C.1810 Auction Archive 252 mm x 302 mm

252 mm x 302 mm

an imperial eagle inside of it standing on another wreath of oak leaves with a swastika inside

killing and wounding more than a thousand before the brief resistance by the fleeing

Footnote: Donald William Colquhoun was born on January 26

describing him as "a steady

France, I Empire. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Knight With Gold Center, C.1810 Auction Archive 252 mm x 302 mm(Ordre national de la Lgion d'honneur, Lgionnaire). Instituted in 1802. Type I (1808 1813). In silver gilt, a five armed white enamelled Maltese cross with partial green enamelled laurel and oak leaf wreath in each quadrant, the central medallion in gold features a right facing profile of Napoleon, surrounded on a blue enamelled ring inscribed NAPOLEON EMP. DES FRANCOIS, the reverse medallion features a right facing eagle with outstretched wings