Algeria, Republic. A National Order Of Merit, Dignity For The Chancellor Of The Order, Amid Class Collar Auction Archive surrounding by a black-enamelled border

surrounding by a black-enamelled border with the inscription “Sauveteurs de Seine-et-Oise 1870” (Rescuers of the Seine and Oise)

India now had so many troops in the field that training of reinforcements was a difficult task

a hole with brass eyelet for attachment of the epaulette to the uniform

center separately attached/soldered in white metal

Algeria, Republic. A National Order Of Merit, Dignity For The Chancellor Of The Order, Amid Class Collar Auction Archive surrounding by a black-enamelled border(Ordre du Mrite National). Badge in silver gilt with green and white enamels, with sixty voided areas, unmarked, measuring 85. 7 mm (w) x 132. 3 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath with Algerian crescent moon and star suspension. The neck chain houses nineteen badges, which includes nine badges in silver gilt with green and white enamels, bearing the same insignia as that used on the centrepiece of the badge, measuring 28 mm (w) x 24. 5 mm (h), nine badges