France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award certificate_of_authenticity chipping in the paint on

chipping in the paint on the cockade

The metal box was found in a wall during the demolition of a house in Toronto

1917 and remembered on the Vimy Memorial

(Звезда Орден Святой Анны)

they were sent to Camp Vermont at Hunting Creek

France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award certificate_of_authenticity chipping in the paint onIn 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