France, Republic. An Order Of Social Merit, Commander C.1940 Hold green and yellow enamelled insignia

green and yellow enamelled insignia

age wear on the tab

1897 in Carmen

black and gray enamels

5 mm x 17 mm enameled Ribbon Bar

France, Republic. An Order Of Social Merit, Commander C.1940 Hold green and yellow enamelled insignia(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