Lot 630
630
FRANCE, FIRST EMPIRE, Legion of Honour, 4th type Officer's breast Badge, 55 x 36mm., gold and enamel, with 'rooster head' gold stamp mark (1803-19) on suspension ring, some enamel damage, very fine, with rosette on old riband
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FRANCE, FIRST EMPIRE, Legion of Honour, 4th type Officer's breast Badge, 55 x 36mm., gold and enamel, with 'rooster head' gold stamp mark (1803-19) on suspension ring, some enamel damage, very fine, with rosette on old riband

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FRANCE, FIRST EMPIRE, Legion of Honour, 4th type Officer's breast Badge, 55 x 36mm., gold and enamel, with 'rooster head' gold stamp mark (1803-19) on suspension ring, some enamel damage, very fine, with rosette on old riband
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Lot Essay

Contained in a hinged wooden glass-fronted case, with an old handwritten note in French reading:

'This Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honour was attached to the uniform of a Chasseur de la Garde which was found in the carriage of the Emperor Napoleon. The carriage and retinue of the French Army arrived in confusion at Charleroi during the night of 18-19 June 1815 (A tragic day - forever deplored)'.