France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Legion Of Honour, Legionnaire, C.1808 Auction 45 mm x 109 mm

45 mm x 109 mm

hand engraved with the initials "M S F"

Constructed of silvered bronze with enamels

CARLOS THAYS (HIJO)" with a second plaque below inscribed "25 DE AGUSTO / 1825-1925" (August 25 / 1825-1925)

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Legion Of Honour, Legionnaire, C.1808 Auction 45 mm x 109 mm(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