France, Republic. An Academy of Industrial and Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award

In bronze gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, surmounted by a silver crown, centrepiece inscribed "MÉRITE DU TRAVAIL", surrounded by the inscription "ACADÉMIE DU PROGRÈS 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 enamels on the centrepiece ring and in the green enamels on the wreath, original ribbon, very fine.