I am trying to individually date this collection of medals in order to list them for sale on behalf of a client. The collection is accompanied by an oil painting portrait of a young officer(?) to whom these medals supposedly belonged. According to my client, the young officer was an ancestor/relative of her late husband, and the whole collection came down through his family. I was also told the ribbons are not original. The following posts show a detailed obverse and reverse of each medal.
Medal #1 (from left)
Medal #2 (from left)
Medal #3 (from left)
Medal #4 (from left)
Medal #5 (from left)
Hello
I think that Medal 1 is a Type VI but I don't know if it's a officer or knight based off the picture. I used this page you might figure it out better https://www.medalbook.com/europe/france/historical-france/first-empire-1800-1813/orders/order-of-the-legion-of-honour/type-vi-(%22la-presidence%22-1851-1852)
Medal 2 looks like its either a Type III or a Type IV. Could be pieced together. Unsure.
Medal 3 is definitely a Type IV. https://www.medalbook.com/europe/france/historical-france/first-empire-1800-1813/orders/order-of-the-legion-of-honour
Medal 4 is an Order of Saint Louis https://www.medalbook.com/europe/france/historical-france/ancien-regime-pre-1789/orders/order-of-saint-louis
Medal 5 is another Type VI. https://www.medalbook.com/europe/france/historical-france/first-empire-1800-1813/orders/order-of-the-legion-of-honour
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