France, Third Republic. An Order of the Legion of Honour, Commander in Gold, by Lemoine, c.1900 Hold the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika above a tri-colour cockade

the reverse with a central crowned Prussian eagle leaning on a captured cannon

published in London in 1959 by Elek Books Limited

price controls on basic food commodities and the abolition of slavery in the French colonies

France, Third Republic. An Order of the Legion of Honour, Commander in Gold, by Lemoine, c.1900 Hold the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(Honneur et Patrie). Instituted in 1802. In 18 karat gold with white, blue, and green enamels, five pointed star in white enamel surrounded by green enamelled laurel wreath, each of the arms finished with two finials, the obverse central medallion in Gold features a rightward facing effigy of Marianne surrounded in a blue enamel ring inscribed REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 1870, the reverse central medallion in Gold presents crossed flags surrounded in a blue