four of which incorporate bullion wire
above a maker’s mark of “DESCHLER
including a 1938 Bergisches Land badge
when the USS Herring failed to return from a Pacific patrol between Matsuwa and Japan
light edge wear
France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Auction four of which incorporate bullionIn 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