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Badge: Legion of Honour, 5th Class 1852
Badge: Silver star of five rays with double points with a small silver ball on each point, enamelled white, the arms connected with a green enamelled laurel and oak wreath surmounted by an Imperial Crown. Obverse: In the centre the head of Napoleon, gilt. Inscription: "NAPOLEON EMPEREUR DES FRANCAIS". Reverse: The Imperial Eagle gilt, encircled by a blue enamelled circle. Inscription: "HONNEUR ET PATRIE". Suspended from a scarlet watered silk ribbon.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1050 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Order |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Sans Pareil (1851); Triton 1846 (HMS) |
| Date made: | 1802; 1852 |
| People: | Grylls, Charles Gerveys; France, Napoleon III Emperor of |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 42 mm |
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