France, Napoleonic Kingdom. An Order Of St. Louis In Gold, Knight, C.1810 Auction insignia and one tab slightly

insignia and one tab slightly corroded

brass support plate with horizontal pinback

A total of fifty-six ribbons

A private purchase Naval Seaplane Pilot badge

another for South West African Campaign

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. An Order Of St. Louis In Gold, Knight, C.1810 Auction insignia and one tab slightly(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis) Instituted 1693. In Gold, consisting a white enameled Maltese cross, obverse centre presenting a portrait of Saint Louis surrounded by the motto LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693, ("Louis the Great instituted it in 1693"), reverse ceentre Gold a sword interlaced with a laurel crown and a white sash with the inscription BELL(ICAE) VIRTUTIS PRAEM(IUM) ("reward of wartime valour"), fleur de lys having been