France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, II Class Officer, C.1900 Auction maker marked Cravanzola

maker marked Cravanzola

all with an intact loop

Buckle gilt aluminum

In a letter addressed to his father

France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, II Class Officer, C.1900 Auction maker marked Cravanzola(Ordre du Mrite Agricole). Instituted in 1883. Type I without date 1900. In silver gilt with blue and white enamels, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 68. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally pierced ball suspension, repair evident in the blue enamels on both centrepiece rings using a black filler, otherwise the enamels are intact, large rosette on its original ribbon, very fine. Footnote: The Order of Agricultural Merit was instituted on July 7,