France, Bourbon dynasty, Order of the Lily, a reduced size 47mm including crown suspension x 28mm scarce star shaped variant of the Order of the Lily in silver and enamel with gold centre, the obverse blue enamelled circlet surrounding the bust of the restored monarch Louis XVIII, reading ‘Fidelite Devouement’ and the reverse with the central device of the Fleur de Lys, and circlet with the dates ‘12 Avril, 3 Mai 1814, 19 Mars, 8 Juillet 1815’, and suspended from ring with Fleur de Lys below crown, chipping to obverse blue enamel, but overall very fine and scarce £200-£240

Sold with an original hand written letter in French, from the Surgeon Major of the 15th Regiment of Infantry stating that the Chef de Battalion, Guillaume Langlois, commanding officer and holder of the Legion d’Honneur, was suffering from illness and dysentery, and requesting leave to recuperate, dated 15 October 1808. A Napoleonic ‘sick note’.