Reduced gold cross of the Legion of Honor, late Empire or Hundred Days (1815) model. In gold and enamel (chips and small chips). Five-branched double pearl star with green enamel oak wreath and hinged easel with arched wreath decorated with eagles and foliage. Obverse of center with right profile with large head on radiant background and legend "NAPOLEON EMP. DES FRANÇAIS"; reverse of center with eagle head right on striated background and legend "HONNEUR ET PATRIE".

Gross weight: 3.1 g.

Dimensions 28 x 16 mm.

In a mid-19th-century case in green morocco with gold filleting, inscribed on the lid: CETTE CROIX DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR QUI APPARTENOIT A L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON EST ECHUE EN PARTAGE A SA SOEUR CAROLINE; fastened with two hooks. Sheathed in silk and ivory velvet.

Box dimensions: 6 x 7.5 cm.