France, Napoleonic Kingdom. An Order Of St. Louis In Gold, Knight, C.1810 Buy Now the pommel is nicely detailed

the pommel is nicely detailed with excellent pebbling and oakleaf backgrounds that surround the raised out swastika

with the wreath in the eagle's talons symbolizing victory

22 mm x 28

32 mm x 48 mm

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. An Order Of St. Louis In Gold, Knight, C.1810 Buy Now the pommel is nicely detailed(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis) Instituted 1693. In Gold, consisting a white enameled Maltese cross with ball finials and fleur de lys in each quadrant, 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 centre Gold a sword interlaced with a laurel crown and a white sash with the inscription BELL(ICAE) VIRTUTIS PRAEM(IUM)