fair condition with serious fraying around left and right
author signed in black ink "Best wishes Jeff / I could not have done it without you
near extremely fine) to NCO Backhausen of the 6th Company of Grenadier Regiment 473
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when an enemy shell set fire to an ammunition dump and wounded six men
A Spanish Cross of Merit to the Homeland - Bronze with gold-coloured gilt
France, Second Republic. A Legion of Honour in Gold, Officer’s Cross, c. 1860 Newly Listed fair condition with serious fraying(Ordre National de la Lgion dhonneur). First instituted May 19th, 1802. Model of the Second Republic (c. 1860 issue). An award of fine craftsmanship, constructed of 18 karat Gold and delicately executed blue, red, white, and green enamels, consisting of a five pointed star with dual ball finials, with a green enameled laurel and oak wreath in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a round central Gold medallion showing the