Military Order Of Saint-Louis Jetton 1779 certificate_of_authenticity 5mm (x80mm including crown suspension)

5mm (x80mm including crown suspension)

Citations from the London Gazette and CBE Recommendation from the National Archives

Contained within old scuffed Garrard & Co

Father & Son Group of ID’s-Documents - Father: Wehrpass

circa 1960’s

Military Order Of Saint-Louis Jetton 1779 certificate_of_authenticity 5mm (x80mm including crown suspension)Military Order of Saint Louis Jetton 1779 Silver, weighing 15. 3 grams, obverse with the right facing bust of Louis XVI, inscribed "LUD. XVI. REX CHRISTIANISS." above, reverse illustrates the Order of Saint Louis encased in a ribbon banner inscribed "BELLIGAE VIRTUTIS PRAEMIUM" inside a laurel wreath, surrounded by the inscription "LUD. MAGNUS INSTITUIT 1693. LUD. XVI ILLUSTRAVIT 1779", 33. 5 mm, light contact, pitted, very fine. Footnote: Louis XVI