France. An Order Of St. Louis, Knight In Gold, C. 1820 Buy Now Medal for the Russo-Japanese War

Medal for the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 (bronze

32 mm x 870 mm

within this ring is the inscription STRINGIT AMORE (BOUND BY LOVE) and below it a golden eagle with wings outspread

numbered "446422"

with the latter consisting of a single piece of ribbed and blackened wood

France. An Order Of St. Louis, Knight In Gold, C. 1820 Buy Now Medal for the Russo-Japanese War(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis). Instituted April 5, 1693 by King Louis XIV. In Gold, a Maltese Cross with white enamel arms and a smaller interior Maltese cross in Gold detailing with ball finials, the obverse medallion presents a richly detailed figure of St. Louis surrounded by a blue enamelled ring inscribed LUD. M. INST. 1693 (Louis the Great Instituted 1693), the reverse center presents a Gold sword interlaced with a laurel crown and a