France, Republic. Sixteen Military Regimental Insignia Badges Auction Archive 1st/9th Battalion

1st/9th Battalion

the latter badge with both lugs intact

Footnote: The Legion of Honour (AKA National Order of the Legion of Honour) is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits

inscribed "New 18 Society" below the insignia and "W2364 / Kathleen Birchall" on the reverse

marked with Reichsbetriebsnummer “RB Nr

France, Republic. Sixteen Military Regimental Insignia Badges Auction Archive 1st/9th BattalionFabricated from bronze, ten are silvered, six are gilt, eight with various colours of enamels, in various sizes, one is maker marked "Augis Lyon", ten are maker marked ""Drago Paris"", two are maker marked "Drago Paris Nice", two are unmarked, ten with a vertical pinback, two with a horizontal pinback, three with an angled pinback. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and