France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Legion Of Honour, Legionnaire, C.1808 Newly Listed functional external hinge

functional external hinge

The blouse measures 400 mm across the shoulders and 545 mm in length overall

The SS crest shows some signs of wear

forced to forfeit one days' pay for being Absent Without Leave for twenty-one hours

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Legion Of Honour, Legionnaire, C.1808 Newly Listed functional external hinge(Ordre national de la Lgion d'honneur). Instituted 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. Type I, First Empire. III Issue. (1806 1808). Multi piece construction in silver, with blue, white and green enamels, hallmarked on ring with a fasces denoting Paris origin between 1809 1819, measuring at 37. 2mm (w) x 56. 0 mm (h to top of crown suspension), and weighing at 17. 6 grams, indentation to reverse centrepiece medallion, light crazing to enamels on body and a