Monaco, Principality. An Order Of Charles, I Class Grand Cross, c.1865 Hold One year after he enlisted

One year after he enlisted and two and a half months before the 182nd Infantry Battalion went overseas

the reverse bearing handwritten names and a date of “1916”

small scratches and creases throughout

flanked by “19” at the left and “38” at the right (1938)

Monaco, Principality. An Order Of Charles, I Class Grand Cross, c.1865 Hold One year after he enlisted(Ordre de Saint Charles). Instituted 1858. Of fine French manufacture with highly convex individual rays and deeply hand etched facets in the 19th century French style, a eight pointed silver star with a silver and enamel Maltese Cross overlay with red and white enamels as well as a green enameled laurel wreath, affixed by four rivets, centre presenting silver royal cypher of Charles III, white enamel boarded with "PRINCEPS ET PATRIA" surround,