France, Napoleonic Kingdom. An Order Of St. Louis In Gold, Knight, C.1810 Buy Now (mechanically engraved: Pte G

(mechanically engraved: Pte G

extremely fine condition and easily legible

entailing his entire career

and lightning bolts in its left talons

to Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) of the Reserve in July of 1936

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. An Order Of St. Louis In Gold, Knight, C.1810 Buy Now (mechanically engraved: Pte G(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis) Instituted 1693. In Gold, consisting a white enameled Maltese cross, obverse centre presenting a portrait of Saint Louis surrounded by the motto LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693, ("Louis the Great instituted it in 1693"), reverse ceentre Gold a sword interlaced with a laurel crown and a white sash with the inscription BELL(ICAE) VIRTUTIS PRAEM(IUM) ("reward of wartime valour"), fleur de lys having been