France, Second Empire. An Order Of The Reunion, Knight's Badge, c.1850 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac original full length silk sash

original full length silk sash

base with a recessed and slotted medal bed in off-white felt

Accompanied by records from the National Archives of Canada

Title: France

Private First Class Butter was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Army Good Conduct Medal

France, Second Empire. An Order Of The Reunion, Knight's Badge, c.1850 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac original full length silk sash(Ordre de la Runion). Instituted 1811 by Napoleon Bonaparte. In silver gilt, the badge presents twelve white enamel rays with ball finials, with clusters of five arrows in each quadrant linked by a solid ribbon near the edge, the obverse central medallion presenting a central N encircled by a wreath, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed A JAMAIS, the reverse medallion presenting central French insignia surrounded by a blue enamel ring TOUT POUR