OFFICER'S CROSS OF THE ORDER OF SAINT-LOUIS AND DIPLOMA OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AUBERT SEND OF THE REGIMENT OF THE COLONEL GENERAL OF HUSSARDS, Ancienne Monarchy, reign of Louis XVI, 1791. 26828

OFFICER'S CROSS OF THE ORDER OF SAINT-LOUIS AND DIPLOMA OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AUBERT SEND OF THE REGIMENT OF THE COLONEL GENERAL OF HUSSARDS, Ancienne Monarchy, reign of Louis XVI, 1791. 26828

Cross :
Cross in gold with four double rays with buttoned enameled points, center of the gold branches bordered with white enamel, four amati and burnished lilies flanked between the branches, oblong centers, obverse presenting at the foot Saint Louis crowned gold battleship covered with 'a blue mantle stuffed with black ermines holding in the right hand the Crown of Thorns of the Passion and in the left hand a crown of laurel leaves, placed on a green parterre, on a red enamel background, and bordered with a royal blue list bearing the legend “LUD. M. INS 1693”, for Ludovicus Magnus Instituit 1693 (Louis the Great instituted it in 1693). Reverse presenting a pale sword passed between two branches of laurel leaves forming a crown and connected by a white ribbon on a red enamel background, bordered by a royal blue scroll with the legend “BELL. E VIRTUTIS. PRAEM. », for Bellicae virtutis praemium (reward for military virtue), hallmarked fluted ring.
H 3.88 cm, width 3.65 cm.
Vintage ribbon with puff.

Diploma :
Diploma on parchment, H 29.5 cm, width 43 cm. Partly printed, signed Louis (secretary). Given in Paris on April 20, 1791.

France.
Former Monarchy, reign of Louis XVI, 1791.
Good condition, centers with a few small chips and losses, faded ribbon.