Catalog - Auction 70 - Day 1

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Lys Order, 1814, 2nd Type
Breast Badge, 35x15 mm., Silver, original suspension crown, ring and ribbon with bow. A beautiful medal, in extremely fine condition! I- R!

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Lys Order, 1814, 2nd Type
Breast Badge, 35x18 mm., Silver, original suspension crown, ring and ribbon with large bow. A beautiful medal, in extremely fine condition! I- R!

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King Louis XIII - Prize for Luxury or Hunting Rifle, Loire Department, 1819
Breast Badge, 58x50 mm., Silver, 65.4 g., original suspension ring and modern ribbon. A beautiful and very rare medal, in extremely fine condition! I RR!

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MILITARY ORDER OF SAINT LOUIS, INSTITUTED IN 1693
Knight's Cross, Louis Philippe I (1830-1848) Type, 3rd Class, instituted in 1693. Breast Badge, 38x34 mm, GOLD, 13 g., enameled, both central medallions gold, enameled, original suspension ring and ribbon with rosette. A superb badge of high jeweller's quality! II

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MILITARY ORDER OF SAINT LOUIS, INSTITUTED IN 1693
Knight's Cross, Louis Philippe I (1830-1848) Type, 3rd Class, instituted in 1693. Breast Badge, 40x37 mm, GOLD, 11 g., enameled, both central medallions gold, enameled, original suspension ring and ribbon with rosette. A superb badge of high jeweller's quality! I-

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MILITARY ORDER OF SAINT LOUIS, INSTITUTED IN 1693
Knight's Cross, Louis Philippe I (1830-1848) Type, 3rd Class slightly reduced size, instituted in 1693. Breast Badge, 33x29 mm, GOLD, 7 g., enameled, both central medallions gold, enameled, original suspension ring and ribbon for the order of the Lys and Legion of Honor. A superb badge of high jeweller's quality and great condition! I-

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MILITARY ORDER OF SAINT LOUIS, INSTITUTED IN 1693
Knight's Cross, Louis Philippe I (1830-1848), Type with Lilies removed, 3rd Class, instituted in 1693. Breast Badge, 45x34 mm, GOLD, 12.1 g., enameled, both central medallions gold, enameled, original suspension ring and ribbon with rosette. A superb badge of high jeweller's quality, in extremely fine condition! I-

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MILITARY ORDER OF SAINT LOUIS, INSTITUTED IN 1693
Knight's Cross, Louis Philippe I (1830-1848), Type with Lilies removed, 3rd Class, instituted in 1693. Breast Badge, 44x37 mm, GOLD, 12.5 g., enameled, both central medallions gold, enameled, original suspension ring and ribbon. A superb badge of high jeweller's quality, in extremely fine condition! I-

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MILITARY ORDER OF SAINT LOUIS, INSTITUTED IN 1693
Knight's Cross Miniature, Louis Philippe I (1830-1848) Type, 3rd Class, instituted in 1693. Breast Badge, 16x13 mm, GOLD, 1.2 g., enameled, both central medallions Gold, enameled, original suspension ring and ribbon. Rare and very attractive! I- R!

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MILITARY ORDER OF SAINT LOUIS, INSTITUTED IN 1693
Knight's Cross Miniature, Louis Philippe I (1830-1848) Type, 3rd Class, instituted in 1693. Breast Badge, 17x13 mm,, GOLD, 1 g., enameled, central medallion Gold (reverse missing), enameled, original suspension ring. IV

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Royal Order of the Iron Crown (Ordine Reale Italiano della Corona Ferrea � Ordre de la Couronne de Fer)
GOLD Miniature of the Commander�s badge, 14x9 mm., 9 g., with the Imperial eagle resting on blue enameled pointed crown with ball finials, the obverse, with tiny, oval portrait of Napoleon I facing left; with round suspension ring and original ribbon. A beautiful and extremely rare miniature (as worn also for everyday�s use on the uniform, as noticeable on contemporary portraits) from 1810 ca., of the finest quality and excellent condition. I RR!

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Royal Italian Order of the Iron Crown
�Reduction� of the Knight�s Badge, 25x16 mm, Silver, with Napoleon�s Eagle, rising from blue enameled �pointed crown� with ball-finials (as from 1809), acanthus leaves and the Order�s motto in its well-known abbreviated form �D.M.L.D.D.� and �G.C.L.T.�, the obverse, with golden oval bearing the head of Napoleon facing left, upper crown of Royal type, with round, grooved suspension ring, sewn to a length of original, silk ribbon. A very rare decoration of the type with (although abbreviated) with the Italian motto, from 1810-12 ca., excellent condition. I RR!

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Imperial Order of the Reunion
Miniature of the Order, 44x18 mm., GOLD and enamels, a fine, rectangular golden buckle (an almost unreadable gold mark, to the lower, left corner) with a hinged, one-sided miniature of the Order, acting as the closure with safety- catch, with passing through, original ribbon together with the official letter signed by the Duke of Cadore (Jean-Baptiste de Nomp�re de Champagny) for the bestowal of the Grand Cross of the Order to a Count, dated in Paris, on April 3rd, 1813. In the letter, it also announced the sending of all the insignia, by order of the Emperor. An interesting documented group, related to the highest class of an important order of Napoleon�s era. Extremely fine! I R!

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ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR
Knight's Cross, 1st Empire, 1st Type, instituted in 1802. Breast Badge, 42x38 mm, Silver, enameled, GOLD centers, original suspension ring and ribbon. A hybrid model, in extremely fine condition! II

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ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR
Officer's Cross, Restauration Type (1814-1830), instituted in 1802. Breast Badge reduced size, 48x30 mm, GOLD, 13.68 g., enameled (damages), GOLD centers, original suspension ring and ribbon. A scarce order, in very fine condition! II-

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ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR
Knight's Cross, Restauration Type (1814-1830), instituted in 1802. Breast Badge reduced size, 46x26 mm, Silver, enameled, GOLD centers, original suspension ring and ribbon. A hybrid model, in extremely fine condition! I-

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ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR
Officer's Cross, Louis-Philippe Type 1830-1848), instituted in 1802. Breast Badge reduced size, 36x22 mm, GOLD, 4.96 g., enameled, GOLD centers, original suspension ring and ribbon. A superb order, in extremely fine condition! I-

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ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR
Knight's Cross, Presidence Type (1848-1852), instituted in 1802. Breast Badge, 62x42 mm, Silver, enameled, GOLD centers, original suspension ring and ribbon. A rare model, in extremely fine condition! I- R!

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ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR
Grand Cross Set, 2nd Empire (1852�1870). Sash Badge, 100x67 mm., GOLD, enameled, large suspension ring and original, full sash. Luxury Breast Star, 87 mm., with chiselled and pierced rays, centre medallion with Imperial eagle on a highly polished ground, outer circlet with order�s motto �HONNEUR ET PATRIE�, enriched in-and- out with diamond-cut silver circlets, reverse with maker�s escutcheon of Halley, Paris, broad pin and two hooks. With the original, parchment award document to Aristide-Isidore Jean Marie count de la Rue, G�neral de Division President of the Consulting Committee of the Army General Staff and of the Gendarmerie; given in Paris, on December 10th, 1857. A very rare and important group with a certain provenance and in the best quality, fully representing the prestige of a class, awarded to the highest ranking of clers and dignitaries, extremely fine condition. I RR!