France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Hold before being discharged on February

before being discharged on February 22nd

Lüdenscheid - RZM M9/66” on the reverse

part of Litvínov

with a loss of only 16 P-40s

France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Hold before being discharged on FebruaryIn 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