France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, II Class Officer, C.1950 United Republic of 1927 in Hollenbeck in the

1927 in Hollenbeck in the district of Stade (present-day part of the town of Harsefeld

15 mm x 23 mm

each bearing a layer of orange wool

and some with their award documents

consisting of a sturdy cardstock frame with pebbled faux black leather exterior and “Beobachter” (“Observer”) stamped in gold Fraktur-style font on the centre of the lid

France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, II Class Officer, C.1950 United Republic of 1927 in Hollenbeck in the(Ordre du Mrite Agricole). Instituted in 1883. Type I without date 1900. In silver gilt with blue and white enamels, measuring 36. 7 mm (w) x 65. 2 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally pierced ball suspension, chipping and loss evident in the blue enamels on the reverse centrepiece ring, otherwise the enamels are intact, large rosette on its original ribbon, better than very fine. Footnote: The Order of Agricultural Merit was instituted on