FRANCE ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR Second Empire period officer's star of Colonel Louis Theodore Marie OLIVIER. Gold and enamel (small chips on the reverse of the legend, one ball flawed). Ouizille Lemoine hallmark. Rosette ribbon. 60 x 40 mm - Gross weight: 21 g T.B. to T.T.B. With his officer's commission dated August 20, 1860. On vellum. With letter of appointment signed by the Duc de Malakoff. Louis Théodore Marie OLIVIER (1811-1882)Colonel in the naval artillery under the Second Empire, brigadier general in 1870. Member of the Conseil des travaux de la Marine in 1871.