Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Holland, Kingdom, Order of the Union, breast star, 87mm., silver, pin stamped ‘boz’, later copy, good very fine £200-300

The Order of the Union, instituted in 1808, was the fourth and final order to be created by Louis Bonaparte as King of Holland. The order became obsolete two years later when Louis was forced to abdicate by his brother, Napoleon. The kingdom was then annexed by France.