1st Class Set of the Order, Civil Class. Sash Badge in Silver with chiseled and pierced rays; gilt and green enameled intermediate rays; centre medallion with a very fine enameled miniature, representing the couching lion and a rising sun; chiseled outer circlet; typical multi-part suspension and ribbon ring; concave, smooth reverse; original, full length sash;
eight-pointed Breast Star in Silver, with chiseled and pierced rays; centre medallion with fine enameled miniature with the couching lion and a beaming, rising sun on a gold-yellow background; large medallion’s border with three concentric, chiseled circlets, the reverse with vertical, broad pin (French marks) and two hooks; in the original, red-brown case of issue,
the inner cushion with maker’s mark of Arthus Bertrand, Paris. A rare set, dating to the first half of the 20th Century, of a beautiful workmanship, in best condition. Dim.: the badge, 11,0x65,0 mm.; the star, 96,0 mm. I R!