France, Kingdom. An Order of St. Louis in Gold, Knight, c.1800 Auction Archive stamped "9 K" on the

stamped "9 K" on the reverse

Kirkpatrick then joined her husband in Switzerland in February 1917

with a pebbled field on the reverse

and in near mint condition

France, Kingdom. An Order of St. Louis in Gold, Knight, c.1800 Auction Archive stamped "9 K" on the(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis). Instituted 1693 by Louis XIV (Louis the Great). An unusual knight's badge in Gold consisting of a Maltese cross with ball finials, applique in white enamels with Gold fleur de lys in each quadrant, obverse centre presenting a superposed enamelled portrait of Saint Louis, surrounded by the motto LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693, (Louis the Great instituted it in 1693), reverse centre displaying a