France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award certificate_of_authenticity steel clip and contemporary steel

steel clip and contemporary steel bar suspension

chipping in the paint on the cockade

Worn but very fine

The metal box was found in a wall during the demolition of a house in Toronto

(Звезда Орден Святой Анны)

France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award certificate_of_authenticity steel clip and contemporary steelIn 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