France, Second Republic. A Legion of Honour in Gold, Officer’s Cross, c. 1860 Buy Now the wooden handle in faux

the wooden handle in faux tortoise shell and wrapped in eight rows of twisted wire

with minor flecking of enamels and some oxidation of the reverse pinback baseplate

with a white border containing the Latin inscription “FORTITUDO CHARITAS ABNEGATIO

SIMON" on the reverse

France, Second Republic. A Legion of Honour in Gold, Officer’s Cross, c. 1860 Buy Now the wooden handle in faux(Ordre National de la Lgion dhonneur). First instituted May 19th, 1802. Model of the Second Republic (c. 1860 issue). An award of fine craftsmanship, constructed of 18 karat Gold and delicately executed blue, red, white, and green enamels, consisting of a five pointed star with dual ball finials, with a green enameled laurel and oak wreath in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a round central Gold medallion showing the