Katanga. A Order of National Merit, Commander’s Badge, by A. Chobillon, Paris, c.1961

Badge in gilt and enamels, with full length of neck ribbon, by A. Chobillon, Paris, width 47mm, in mint condition. Katanga, in the Congo, existed for as an independent state for two and a half years between July 1960 and January 1963. A rare decoration.