FRANCE ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR Large metal eagle plaque of Marshal Ney. Chased silver. Center with eagle surmounted by crown. Circumference with "Honneur et Patrie" inscription. Back lined with green morocco. Biennais-type blued-metal pin and two hooks. Diameter: 101.4 mm. Weight : 63g. T.T.B. First Empire period. Provenance : -Collection of the Princes de la Moskowa. -Collection of M.Beaupère from the 1960s. -Spink English sale in the early 2000s. -Jean Louis Noisiez Collection Exhibition: Napoleon and the Legion of Honor" exhibition, Musée de la Légion d'honneur, 1968, n°325. Bibliography: - Jean-Pierre Collignon, "Les ordres de chevalerie", 2004. Reproduced figure 335, p.199, "Plaque de grand aigle en argent à l'imitation des plaques brodées ayant appartenu au Maréchal Ney".

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