France, Iii Republic. A Gold Miniature Pair, C.1870 Auction Archive A silver five point star

A silver five point star with large ball finials

"under the banners") was a samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan

star marked and maker marked "MAYER SÖHNE IN WIEN" on the ring

with black leather fob

Mills was documented in the "London Gazette" of December 9

France, Iii Republic. A Gold Miniature Pair, C.1870 Auction Archive A silver five point starFrance; Order of the Legion of Honour, Second Empire (1852 1870) (Gold with red, blue, white and green enamels, 14. 2 mm (w) x 22 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension); and Order of Academic Palms, Type III (1866 1855) (Gold with violet enamels, 9. 5 mm (w) x 15 mm (h)). Both orders mounted to a Gold chain with dual strands of wheat links, 21. 5 mm stickpins on either end, weighing 4. 6 grams. Intact enamels, extremely fine.