Laos, French Protectorate. A Million Elephants And The White Parasol Order, Knight, C.1935 GTRexclude high relief in wreathed centepiece

high relief in wreathed centepiece

marked "RZM" (Reichszeugmeisterei) and maker marked "M1/34" (Karl Wurster

His defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 put him in the first rank of Britain's military heroes

the reverse inscribed “Signum Laudis” within an open-ended laurel wreath consisting of laurel and oak leaves

Laos, French Protectorate. A Million Elephants And The White Parasol Order, Knight, C.1935 GTRexclude high relief in wreathed centepieceInstituted on 1 May 1909 by King Sisavang Vong. Likely of French manufacture, in silver gilt a with the characteristic Laos tri elephant design in white and red enamels, crowned with red enameled ribbon suspension, measuring 39 mm (w) x 67 mm (h inclusive of integral ring), on ornate red and yellow ribbon, with enamel loss, good fine. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and