France, La Presidence. An Order of the Legion of Honour, Officer in Gold, c.1852 GTRexclude bearing a yellow machine-embroidered inscription

bearing a yellow machine-embroidered inscription of UNTERSEEBOOTSABWEHRSCHULE in Gothic script

405mm x 46mm

an excellent example

2 (with its ribbon)

France, La Presidence. An Order of the Legion of Honour, Officer in Gold, c.1852 GTRexclude bearing a yellow machine-embroidered inscriptionInstituted May 19 1802. Type VI. (La Presidence, 1851 1852). Second Model. In 18K Gold, a beautiful Legion of Honour, the body of Second Restoration period cross, portraying a white enamelled five point cross with ball finials, a green enamelled wreath in each quadrant, the medallion has been replaced with La Presidence period insignia, the obverse featuring a right facing portrait of Napoleon, surrounded by a blue ring inscribed NAPOLEON EMP. DES