United Kingdom. A Most Distinguished Order Of St. Michael & St. George, Companion Neck Badge By Spink & Son, C. 1930 Hold printed on wartime Agfa postcard

printed on wartime Agfa postcard paper

Constructed of bronze with black and white cloth ribbon

at the insistence of the Americans

500 French soldiers landed in Rhode Island to assist their American allies in operations against British-controlled New York City

measuring 55 mm x 28 mm

United Kingdom. A Most Distinguished Order Of St. Michael & St. George, Companion Neck Badge By Spink & Son, C. 1930 Hold printed on wartime Agfa postcardInstituted April 28, 1818 by Prince Regent in the name of King George III. A beautiful Companion of the Order of St. Michael & St. George, presenting a silver gilt Maltese Asterick with white enamels with crown suspension, the obverse center in Gold presenting an enamelled motif of a winged St. Michael slaying Satan with a blue enamelled surround inscribed AUSPICIUM MELIORIS VI (Token of a Better Age), the reverse Gold medallion presents a richly