France, Legion of Honour (2nd Empire), Grand Cross breast star in silver, circa 1860, Imperial Eagle in centre, legend around ‘Honneur et Patrie’, the reverse with maker’s plaque ‘Ouizille Lemoine, Joailliers Bijoutiers, de La Legion D’Honneur, Rue du Bac No.1, Paris’, with silver pin and two prongs, extremely fine £500-600

See colour illustration (Plate IV).