France, Kingdom. A Royal Order of St. Louis, Knight in Gold, c.1790 Province of China the two earlier numbered regiments

the two earlier numbered regiments were serving as SS Police battalions on the Eastern Front

with the Lieutenant Colonel's signature and the 230th Artillery Regiment Lieutenant Colonel's stamp below

above a gilded bronze plaque bearing a hand-engraved inscription of “EHRENPREIS D

trimmed along the edge with lemon-yellow piping

his parents being of Jewish ancestry

France, Kingdom. A Royal Order of St. Louis, Knight in Gold, c.1790 Province of China the two earlier numbered regiments(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