France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, III Class Knight, C.1900 Auction the lid with a 50

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

excellent gilded finish

He was discharged April 27

original ribbon with hook and eye

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

France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, III Class Knight, C.1900 Auction the lid with a 50(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