France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Legion D'honneur, Officer's Cross, Type I, C.1804 Archive with a dental mark imposed

with a dental mark imposed on the metal plate behind the teeth

37 wounded)

the division was stained with horrible war crimes for which Pirzio Biroli was declared a "war criminal" by the SFRY

LONDON maker mark on the obverse ricasso

he stated that "I Give

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Legion D'honneur, Officer's Cross, Type I, C.1804 Archive with a dental mark imposed1804 1806 Issue. Napoleon I. An early and desirable large portrait version, in silver with a five armed white enameled cross and green enameled laurels, centres in gold with blue enamel work, obverse with portrait of Napoleon I, reverse displaying large left facing eagle, measuring 37 mm (w) x 40 mm (h inclusive of horizontally pierced ball suspension), on original faded ribbon and with late 19th Century collectors tag, with enamel loss, fine.