Patrol Leader of the Armed Gendarmerie Badge - in die stamped silvered bronze
with a white enamel surround
This is a fine Torpedoboot Iltis Mützenband/cap tally
with some having been bleached by sunlight
France, Ii Empire. A Legion D'honneur, Reduced Size, C.1860 Archive Patrol Leader of the ArmedOrdre National de la Lgion d'honneur. Instituted in 1802. In silver with red, white, blue and green enamels, Gold centrepieces, laterally pierced ball suspension, hallmarked with a boar's head on the tip of the ribbon on the obverse, red embroidery evident inside the crown, measuring 30 mm (w) x 51. 2 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, chipping evident in multiple locations in the white enamelled arms on both sides, in the blue enamels on both