Ivory Coast, Republic. A National Order Of The Republic, Commander With Case, By A. Chobillon, C.1960 Newly Listed with white (Infantry) Waffenfarbe underneath

with white (Infantry) Waffenfarbe underneath

the reverse designer marked “P

Gau Düsseldorf – in solid bronze

all of the photographs crisp

Ivory Coast, Republic. A National Order Of The Republic, Commander With Case, By A. Chobillon, C.1960 Newly Listed with white (Infantry) Waffenfarbe underneath(Ordre National de la Cte d'Ivoire). Instituted April 10, 1961. Of French manufacture, an enameled white red framed Maltese Cross in silver gilt, adorned by a fine enameled green laurel wreath in each quadrant, the obverse with a central gilt medallion featuring an engraved facing front elephant within a wreath of palm, circumscribed by an enameled green border inscribed REPUBLIQUE DE COTE DIVOIRE in gilt letters, the reverse with a central gilt