In machine embroidered white
rim marked with BRONZE and a Chobillon maker mark
Tunisia in Northern Africa
measuring 450mm (width of shoulders across collar) x 820mm (overall length) x 605mm (arms length)
and having been in France for fifteen months with the 3rd Infantry Battalion
France, Republic. An Order of Agricultural Merit, Miniature in Gold and Diamonds, by Chobillon Auction Archive In machine embroidered whiteInstituted July 7, 1883. In 18K Gold, a beautiful miniature portraying six arms each set with two small diamonds (totalling 12 diamonds on the arms), with a gold wreath featuring wheat and corn in each quadrant, the obverse medallion featuring a right facing portrait of Marianne encircled by a blue enamel ring inscribed REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, the reverse bears delicate etchings on the wreath, the reverse medallion is MERITE AGRICOLE 1883, measures 10.