France, Second Empire. A Legion D'honneur In Gold, Officer, C.1860 Archive The battle was part of

The battle was part of the France-British Somme Offensive

The thick leather washer at the crossguard junction is painted black

Italian-Austrian War Medal 1915-1918 (bronze

a gilt Surgeon's cypher affixed to the oval cap

and kept in place by rivets

France, Second Empire. A Legion D'honneur In Gold, Officer, C.1860 Archive The battle was part ofOrdre National de la Lgion d'honneur, Officier. Second Empire 1852 1870. In Gold with red, white, blue and green enamels, Gold centrepieces, weighing 19 grams, horizontally pierced ball suspension, hallmarked with a boar's head on the tip of the ribbon on the reverse, maker marked "O. L" (Ouizille Lemoine) on the ring, measuring 42 mm (w) x 64 mm (h) inclusive of its crown and ball suspension, intact enamels, large rosette on its original ribbon,