France, Ii Empire. A Legion D'honneur, Knight C.1860 Buy Now with maker mark “J

with maker mark “J

Rall died at his home in Germany on October 4

Soon after the Italian military units surrendered to the Germans as the flight of Italian King Victor Emmanuel III from Rome had made further resistance senseless

glue residue evident at the centre junction of the second row on the obverse

this is the Official

France, Ii Empire. A Legion D'honneur, Knight C.1860 Buy Now with maker mark “J(Legion D'Honneur). Instituted 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. 1852 1870 issue. An exceptional Second Empire Knights model, consisting of a white enameled five pointed star with ball finials in silver, featuring surrounded green enameled laurel and oak wreath in each quadrant, obverse centre in Gold (weighting 18K) exhibiting a facing right portrait of Napoleon, encircled by a blue enameled border inscribed NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS (Napoleon Emperor