France, III Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, V Class Knight GTRexclude Awards of the knight class

Awards of the knight class were limited to two hundred and fifty per annum

These men landed on beaches Y and X

He left behind his wife Frances Elizabeth Skilling

narrow version oak leaf wreath bearing a stylized “J-1” type Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand-filed mobile swastika

15" (39cm) in length

France, III Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, V Class Knight GTRexclude Awards of the knight class(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