France, Kingdom. A July Cross, c.1830 Auction with four original intact pins

with four original intact pins for attachment to the lanyard knot

which included a three month stint in the West Indies in 1825

including a Kriegsmarine officer’s visor cap eagle

arriving in Antwerp and forwarded to New York via ship

silver aluminum bullion wire

France, Kingdom. A July Cross, c.1830 Auction with four original intact pins(Croix de Juillet). Instituted 1830 by King Louis Philippe I. A July Cross, in silver and enamels, gold central medallion, marked on 6 oclock tassel with a boars head denoting post 1838 French manufacture, crown suspension, measures 22. 0 mm (w) x 30. 5 mm (h), measures 5. 55 grams (including ribbon), enamels intact, ribbon is worn and discoloured, dark patina, extremely fine.