France, Republic. An Order Of The Holy Spirit, Grand Cross Case, By A. Bacqueville Archive Gauvreau dropped a bomb over

Gauvreau dropped a bomb over Caen

1943 by an SS-Obersturmführer of SS-Sondereinsatz-Kommando R/Süd (Feldpost number 10582)

74 General Hospital at Trouville

obverse tarnished

There is a tan-coloured leather sweatband secured to the interior by cotter pins

France, Republic. An Order Of The Holy Spirit, Grand Cross Case, By A. Bacqueville Archive Gauvreau dropped a bomb overInstituted 31 December 1578. A presentation case for a Grand Cross set of the Order of the Holy Spirit, constructed of a wood frame with a faux red leather exterior, with a gold embossed monogram of Philippe, Duke of Orlans, topped by a royal crown, the interior with a padded white satin type lid liner, with a makers mark of A. Bacqueville, Bijoutier Joaillier, 346 Rue St. Honor, Paris, with an adjustable depressed and slotted white doeskin medal bed,