France, Kingdom. An Order of St. Louis in Gold, Knight, c.1800 Auction Archive with a pebbled field on

with a pebbled field on the reverse

with membership strictly by invitation only

1944 and signed in blue crayon by a Senior Lieutenant and Battery Chief

with his father

France, Kingdom. An Order of St. Louis in Gold, Knight, c.1800 Auction Archive with a pebbled field on(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