France, Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, Officer & Knight, C.1925 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Through his career with the

Through his career with the RCOC

When he went for the tools

the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by a gilded monogram of King Ludwig II

supplemented by an array of black-and-white photographs

France, Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, Officer & Knight, C.1925 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Through his career with theOrdre du Mrite Agricole. Instituted in 1883. Type I without date. Officer: in silver gilt with blue and white enamels, hallmarked with a boar's head on the tip of the ribbon on the reverse, measuring 36 mm (w) x 64. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally pierced ball suspension, chipping and crazing evident on four of the six star points on the reverse, traces of gilt remains, original ribbon 12 o'clock arm enamel repaired with loss; and