France, Republic. An Order Of Social Merit, Commander C.1940 Hold black and gray enamels

black and gray enamels

age wear on the tab

and Tanzania Air Force Command Pilot Wings (red

5 mm x 17 mm enameled Ribbon Bar

First War MM Group of Four

France, Republic. An Order Of Social Merit, Commander C.1940 Hold black and gray enamels(Ordre du Mrite Social). Instituted in 1936. 1936 1963 issue. Of French manufacture, an enameled blue seven pointed star with ball finials in silver gilt, presenting detailed laurel wreath in each quadrant, the obverse featuring a woman portrait circumscribed by the inscription MERITE SOCIAL (Social Merit), the reverse with an engraved inscription that stands MINISTERE DU TRAVAIL (Ministry of Labour), suspended by an oval laurel wreath also in silver