France, July Monarchy. An Order Of The Legion Of Honneur, Iv Officer, C.1835 Auction Archive 156 officers

156 officers

Arthur Edmond Franklin was a true pioneer in the field of polio vaccine research

mounted to a five-pointed silver star base

1941 and completed his convoy duties

The reverse ricasso bears a maker’s mark of “ALCOSO” for the former firm of Alexander Coppel in Solingen

France, July Monarchy. An Order Of The Legion Of Honneur, Iv Officer, C.1835 Auction Archive 156 officers(Ordre National de la Lgion d'honneur). Instituted in 1802. (1830 1848). In silver, a white enamel Maltese cross with ball finials, green enamelled laurel and oak leaf wreath segments in each quadrant, the obverse central medallion in Gold features a rightward facing effigy of Henri I surrounded in a blue enamel ring inscribed HENRI VI, the reverse central medallion in Gold presents crossed flags surrounded in a blue enamel ring inscribed HONNEUR ET