France, Republic. Two Orders Of The Legion Of Honour, Knights, C.1960 Auction After that award

After that award

or those who would have qualified as original members

on a navy wool base

sewn in place to its five-sided folded ribbon with large rosette

France, Republic. Two Orders Of The Legion Of Honour, Knights, C.1960 Auction After that award(Ordre National de la Lgion d'Honneur). A Fifth Republic Knight (1962 ), in silver and enamels, presenting a white Maltese cross with ball finials, green enamelled wreath segments in each quadrant, the obverse medallion in gilt featuring the right facing portrait of Marianne, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, the reverse with two crossed French flags, with the blue inscription HONNEUR ET PATRIE 29 FLOREAL AN X, the cross