France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, III Class Knight, C.1900 Auction surmounted by a Victorian crown

surmounted by a Victorian crown

Each pocket has a foldover flap with reinforced button hole

original ribbon with hook and eye

his plan to take over his family's estates foundered on his father's resistance

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

France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, III Class Knight, C.1900 Auction surmounted by a Victorian crown(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