France, III Republic. Order Of The Legion Of Honour, V Class Knight, C.1880 certificate_of_authenticity All ranks wore the fez

All ranks wore the fez cap

and by the then recent experience of the Fenian Raids which had occurred in 1866 against Canadian territory

boards measure 14cm x 5cm

by Bishop James S

with three prongs

France, III Republic. Order Of The Legion Of Honour, V Class Knight, C.1880 certificate_of_authenticity All ranks wore the fez(Ordre de la Lgion d'Honneur, Chevalier). Instituted in 1802. In silver with blue, white and green enamels, both centrepieces in Gold, hallmarked with an eagle's head on the tip of the ribbon on the obverse, measuring 39 mm (w) x 59. 2 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally pierced ball suspension, chipping and loss evident on both sides in the white enamels on the arms, in the blue enamels on the reverse centrepiece ring and in the green