France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Legion of Honour, Legionnaire, c.1808

(Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur). Instituted 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. Type I, First Empire. III Issue. (1806-1808). Multi piece construction in silver, with blue, white and green enamels, hallmarked on ring with a fasces denoting Paris origin between 1809-1819, measuring at 37.2mm (w) x 56.0 mm (h- to top of crown suspension), and weighing at 17.6 grams, indentation to reverse centrepiece medallion, light crazing to enamels on body and a few minor chips on the arms, loss of enamels on the crown, replacement ribbon, in very fine condition.