France, Second Empire. An Order of the Legion of Honour, Knight, c.1870 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac After lying in state in

After lying in state in Westminster Hall (one of two non-Royals to do so during the twentieth century

at the end maker

5 mm (w) x 28 mm (h) each

possibly strained by Simonds' illness

In an era when few people graduated from high school

France, Second Empire. An Order of the Legion of Honour, Knight, c.1870 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac After lying in state in(Ordre National de la Lgion d'honneur). Instituted in 1802. 1852 1870 Issue. In silver with blue, white and green enamels, Gold centrepieces, laterally pierced ball suspension, hallmarked with a boar's head on the tip of the ribbon on the obverse, measuring 32. 8 mm (w) x 51. 4 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, weighs 12. 55 grams, chipping and crazing evident in the white enamels on the arms and in the blue enamels on the centrepiece rings on