Cambodia, French Protectorate. An Order Of Cambodia, Officer, C.1910 United Republic of I personally owed him a

I personally owed him a particular debt of thanks because he once showed incredible sang-froid (from the French: cold blood) in defusing a bomb

a silver cross pattée with blue enameled arms

1918 and posted to H

14 cm x 9 cm

Cambodia, French Protectorate. An Order Of Cambodia, Officer, C.1910 United Republic of I personally owed him a(Ordre royal du Cambodge). Instituted in 1886. In silver gilt with red and navy blue enamels, measuring 48. 5 mm (w) x 73 mm (h inclusive of its crown and laterally pierced ball suspension), silhouette visible on its original ribbon where the officer's rosette once resided, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Royal Order of Cambodia was a French colonial chivalric order in French Cambodia, and is still in use in the present day Cambodia. For