France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Hold measuring 56 mm (w) x

measuring 56 mm (w) x 63

part of Litvínov

7 mm x 83 mm inclusive of its wreath suspension

54 Operational Training Unit at the end of 1940

France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Hold measuring 56 mm (w) xIn 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