France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Auction Archive the reverse exhibiting a gilded

the reverse exhibiting a gilded Serbian principality coat of arms on an enameled red background

1918 he won the prestigious Prussian Military Merit Decoration in Silver

on the obverse is a design depicting two figures joining hands with an eagle emblem behind

illustrating a right-facing eagle with its talons clutching a shield bearing a swastika

France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Auction Archive the reverse exhibiting a gildedIn bronze gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, surmounted by a silver crown, centrepiece inscribed "MRITE DU TRAVAIL", surrounded by the inscription "ACADMIE DU PROGRS COMMERCIAL Ir & A", mounted to a six sided star with ball finials at the tips, resting upon a wreath of laurel leaves, measuring 41. 5 mm (w) x 55 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, scattered chipping evident in the white enamels on the arm at 12 o'clock, in the blue