France, Napoleonic Kingdom. An Order Of St. Louis In Gold, Knight, C.1810 Hold wear evident on the fabric

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It was stationed in Norway

The Battalion was opposite a junction point in the enemy lines that marked the boundary between the Chinese 39th and 40th Armies (commanded by Generals Xinquan and Yucheng respectively)

The Brigadier-General Commanding the Royal Artillery

France, Napoleonic Kingdom. An Order Of St. Louis In Gold, Knight, C.1810 Hold wear evident on the fabric(Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis) Instituted 1693. In Gold, consisting a white enameled Maltese cross, obverse centre presenting a portrait of Saint Louis surrounded by the motto LUD(OVICUS) M(AGNUS) IN(STITUIT) 1693, ("Louis the Great instituted it in 1693"), reverse ceentre Gold a sword interlaced with a laurel crown and a white sash with the inscription BELL(ICAE) VIRTUTIS PRAEM(IUM) ("reward of wartime valour"), fleur de lys having been