United Kingdom, France. A Lot of Four Decorations to a Crimea Soldier, c.1854 United Republic of numbered “9230” on the obverse

numbered “9230” on the obverse

measuring 46 cm in total length

Canadian Railway Troops as a Sapper the following day

1909 in his seventieth year

measuring 138 mm x 90 mm

United Kingdom, France. A Lot of Four Decorations to a Crimea Soldier, c.1854 United Republic of numbered “9230” on the obverseAn Order of the Legion of Honour, Second Empire (1852 1870), Officer in Gold, with white enamelled arms, the obverse medallion featuring the right facing portrait of Napoleon encircled by a blue enamelled ring inscribed NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS, the reverse medallion features an eagle encircled by a blue enamelled ring inscribed HONNEUR ET PATRIE, surmounted by a crown decorated by eagles on the arches and enamels around the band, measures 40. 8