France, Republic. An Order Of Social Merit, Commander C.1940 Buy Now His final assignment was as

His final assignment was as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations to the Commander in Chief

the latter’s pilot baling out - but his parachute failing to open

consisting of 1) A Gold Grade Driver Proficiency Badge

(provenance: Morton & Eden

Victor Bulla took photographs of the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War

France, Republic. An Order Of Social Merit, Commander C.1940 Buy Now His final assignment was as(Ordre du Mrite Social). Instituted in 1936. 1936 1963 issue. Of French manufacture, an enameled blue seven pointed star with ball finials in silver gilt, presenting detailed laurel wreath in each quadrant, the obverse featuring a woman portrait circumscribed by the inscription MERITE SOCIAL (Social Merit), the reverse with an engraved inscription that stands MINISTERE DU TRAVAIL (Ministry of Labour), suspended by an oval laurel wreath also in silver