France, Geneva Cross 1870-71, in bronze, with original silk ribbon, reverse engraved ‘Sir Henry De Hoghton Bart.’, light surface marks to reverse, good very fine / about very fine Sir Henry De Hoghton, 9th Baronet (1821-1876) restored the family seat, Hoghton Tower, Lancashire which had been damaged by Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War. He and his American wife supported the U.S. Confederacy in the American Civil War.

Estimate: GBP 60-80