France, Kingdom. An Order of St. Louis in Gold, Knight, c.1800 Auction Archive Kirkpatrick then joined her husband

Kirkpatrick then joined her husband in Switzerland in February 1917

and in near mint condition

with a pebbled field on the reverse

with his father

the reverse retaining a fully-intact paper liner

France, Kingdom. An Order of St. Louis in Gold, Knight, c.1800 Auction Archive Kirkpatrick then joined her husband(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis). Instituted 1693 by Louis XIV (Louis the Great). An unusual 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