France, Kingdom. A Royal Order of St. Louis, Knight in Gold, c.1790 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac edges trimmed in fine twisted

edges trimmed in fine twisted aluminum wire

A patriotic sweetheart pin constructed from a gilded piece of an artillery shell driving band

His English mother

leaving for the PPCLI on August 11th

1 Clasp - 1900 CHINE 1901

France, Kingdom. A Royal Order of St. Louis, Knight in Gold, c.1790 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac edges trimmed in fine twisted(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis). Instituted 1693 by Louis XIV (Louis the Great). An immaculate knight's badge in Gold consisting of a Maltese cross with ball finials, applique in white enamels with Gold fleur de lys in each quadrant, obverse centre presenting a superposed enamelled portrait of Saint Louis, surrounded by the motto LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693, (Louis the Great instituted it in 1693), reverse centre displaying a