France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, III Class Knight, C.1900 Auction excellent gilded finish

excellent gilded finish

patina on the frame and with the black paint on the swastika (Hakenkreuz) worn off

the lid with a 50 mm x 68 mm Royal Artillery cap badge affixed in the centre

surmounted by a Victorian crown

France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, III Class Knight, C.1900 Auction excellent gilded finish(Ordre du Mrite Agricole). Instituted in 1883. Type II. In silver with white enamels, hallmarked with a boar's head (denoting French manufacture of 900 silver, post 1838) on the tip of the ribbon on the reverse, partial maker's mark on the ring, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 46 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, both centrepieces are loose, tiny chip evident in the white enamels at the tip of the star point at 6 o'clock on the