France Iii Republic. An Order Of The Academic Palms, Ii Class Officer, C.1900 Buy Now vertical broad pinback

vertical broad pinback

featuring a 255 mm long magnetic nickel-plated steel blade

Anti-Tank Corps

maker marked "S" on the reverse

part of a propaganda series

France Iii Republic. An Order Of The Academic Palms, Ii Class Officer, C.1900 Buy Now vertical broad pinbackOrdre des Palmes Acadmiques. Instituted in 1808. Type II (1850 1955). In silver with purple enamels, marked with a boar's head and maker marked "A B R" within a diamond shaped frame on the leafing just to the left of the ball suspension on the obverse, measuring 28. 8 mm (w) x 40. 8 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, intact enamels, large rosette on its original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Academic Palms