Henry IV Legion d'Honneur with battle clasps

[saxcob]

While the awards of this Baviarian officer of the napoleeonic wars are pretty standard, his knights cross of the legion of honor is not.

 

It shows battle clasps for both "Landshut" and "Eckmühl" divided by "1809".

 

Are colleagues aware of any other example(s)?

[saxcob]

In this specific case the order was actually not awarded by Louis XVIII but by Napoleon, obviously for the Bavarian officer's bravery at the battles of Landshut and Eckmühl in 1809. It seems that he chose (or was even ordered?) to wear the new model since Bavaria did join the allie forces.  Both of them have survived as you can see on the third image. The same goes for the certificate which is shown below.

[augustin1813]

Wonderfull, Saxcob. Congrats!

 

[Graf]

[Graf]

On 23/02/2023 at 04:19, Simius Rex said:

 

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Could you please explain why a British battle clasp for the Crimea Medal (issued for the Siege of Sevastopol in 1854-55) is fastened to the ribbon of a French First Empire M1806 Legion of Honor??? 

 

Maybe a French soldier traveled to the future and snatched a British soldier's battle clasp, mounting it on his award ribbon.  Or maybe a clever dealer charged a bunch of money for this LdH because it had a "rare" clasp for a battle that never took place during the Napoleonic Wars.

It is the last point of your question and explanation This LOH was sold on eBay France i did not buy it Just listed as "interesting" item Congrats -very good observation

BTW The seller managed to get very good price from the ignorance of the buyers