France, III Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, V Class Knight certificate_of_authenticity Library of Congress Catalog Card

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 61-11903

5 mm (h) enameled ribbon bar with button hole attachment

the obverse with a central black enamelled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enamelled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT)

Lance Corporal George W

France, III Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, V Class Knight certificate_of_authenticity Library of Congress Catalog Card(Ordre de la Lgion d'Honneur, Chevalier). Instituted in 1802. Both centrepieces in Gold with red, white and blue enamels, mounted to a five arm cross and wreath base in silver with green and white enamels, hallmarked with an eagle's head on the tip of the ribbon at 6 o'clock on the obverse, maker marked on the left side of the integral suspension, measuring 40. 5 mm (w) x 59. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally pierced ball suspension, dark