France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Decoration Of The Lily, Reduced Silver Cross, c.1820 Buy Now The 27th Infantry Regiment was

The 27th Infantry Regiment was comprised by men raised almost entirely in York County

and him winding up in a refugee camp in Germany after the war presumably tells the story of a collaborator who chose to flee his home country when the Russians took over and start a new life in the country with which he had sympathised

consisting of a 20 Mark note retrieved post-mortem from the legendary fighter ace’s pocket following the crash landing of his Fokker Dr

along with an inscription indicating that it is an officially approved manufacturer of Bundeswehr uniforms

Footnote: Joseph Hardy was born on December 25

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. A Decoration Of The Lily, Reduced Silver Cross, c.1820 Buy Now The 27th Infantry Regiment wasInstituted April 26 1814. A reduced version in hand etched silver, a small white enamelled Maltese cross with small ball finals and Fleur de lys in each quadrant, the obverse medallion presents the left facing portrait surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed LOUIS XVIII, the reverse medallion presents a central silver fleur de lys encircled by a blue ring inscribed VIVE LE ROI, the cross is surmounted by a crown, measuring 21. 43 mm (w) x 36. 28 mm