Twelve Year Service Award (gilt fine zinc)
measuring 130 mm x 104 mm
Upon retirement as a First Class Coaling Master
Sold with copied research and photograph
It retains the original leather chinstrap with general service leather buttons
France, Third Republic. A Légion D'honneur, Chevalier, C.1946 Buy Now Twelve Year Service Award (gilt1870 1951 Issue. In silver with red, white, blue and green enamels, Gold centrepieces, hallmarked with a boar's head on the tip of the ribbon on the reverse, maker marked on ring, measuring 40. 8 mm (w) x 59 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and ball suspension, replacement ribbon, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Legion of Honour (AKA National Order of the Legion of Honour) is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits,