France, Republic. An Order Of Social Merit, Commander C.1940 Hold 5 mm x 17 mm

5 mm x 17 mm enameled Ribbon Bar

age wear on the tab

First War MM Group of Four

1897 in Carmen

48 mm x 84 mm

France, Republic. An Order Of Social Merit, Commander C.1940 Hold 5 mm x 17 mm(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