France, Empire. A Legion Of Honor And Crimea Medal To “Captaine Marty”, C. 1855 Archive measuring 193 mm x 260

measuring 193 mm x 260 mm each

B (Confined to Barracks)

RZM manufacturer's quality label on the reverse

Footnote: From the collection of the late Warren Carroll

consisting of a corrugated hard-structure green case in wood

France, Empire. A Legion Of Honor And Crimea Medal To “Captaine Marty”, C. 1855 Archive measuring 193 mm x 260Legion of Honor (Type VI, La Presidence, 1851 1852), a silver Maltese Cross with white enamelled arms and ball finials, with green enamelled arms in each quadrant, the obverse medallion in Gold presents a right facing portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, surrounded by the inscription NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS in a dark blue enamelled ring, the reverse medallion in Gold presenting an eagle on the reverse, surrounded by the inscription HONNEUR ET PATRI,