France, Second Republic. A Legion of Honour in Gold, Officer’s Cross, c. 1860 Auction contact marks on its edge

contact marks on its edge

flanked on each side by clusters of raised oak leaves

numbered 28705 in top righthand corner

(Friedrich Orden)

France, Second Republic. A Legion of Honour in Gold, Officer’s Cross, c. 1860 Auction contact marks on its edge(Ordre National de la Lgion dhonneur). First instituted May 19th, 1802. Model of the Second Republic (c. 1860 issue). An award of fine craftsmanship, constructed of 18 karat Gold and delicately executed blue, red, white, and green enamels, consisting of a five pointed star with dual ball finials, with a green enameled laurel and oak wreath in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a round central Gold medallion showing the