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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 10272720, member: 79705&quot;]Nice investigative work! A piece of paper or playing card was common backing on miniatures. The Gibbes Museum has an <a href="https://www.gibbesmuseum.org/miniatures/collection/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gibbesmuseum.org/miniatures/collection/" rel="nofollow">extensive collection database</a> and wonderful articles about <a href="https://www.gibbesmuseum.org/miniatures/about/making-a-miniature/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gibbesmuseum.org/miniatures/about/making-a-miniature/" rel="nofollow">how they are made</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not a medal expert. <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&amp;wprov=rarw1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legion_of_Honour&amp;wprov=rarw1" rel="nofollow">The Legion of Honour</a> French medal has a crown and red rosette, but was used from 1804 onward. Belgium also has rosettes and crowns but also I think from 1800s on. Men&#039;s fashion changes more slowly, but he looks more 1700s than that, lacking the collar and wearing a clubbed and powdered wig.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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