France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Auction Archive maker marked "UNITED CARR CANADA"

maker marked "UNITED CARR CANADA" on the reverse

-Feldivision (Luftwaffe Ground Division)

numbered on the reverse of suspension link

illustrating a right-facing eagle with its talons clutching a shield bearing a swastika

France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Auction Archive maker marked "UNITED CARR CANADA"In 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