France, Second Empire. An Order Of The Reunion, Knight's Badge, c.1850 visually-hidden the cross on the crown

the cross on the crown having been lost to time

making his birth year actually 1868

A silver jar with turquoise

For his services there

France, Second Empire. An Order Of The Reunion, Knight's Badge, c.1850 visually-hidden the cross on the crown(Ordre de la Runion). Instituted 1811 by Napoleon Bonaparte. In silver gilt, the badge presents twelve white enamel rays with ball finials, with clusters of five arrows in each quadrant linked by a solid ribbon near the edge, the obverse central medallion presenting a central N encircled by a wreath, surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed A JAMAIS, the reverse medallion presenting central French insignia surrounded by a blue enamel ring TOUT POUR