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

A 1909 DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft/German Agricultural Society) für Verdienste

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

fitted into a leather scabbard with a stamped makers mark for Collin & Co

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