France. An Order Of Military Merit For Protestant Officer's, Knight, C.1800 Newly Listed in silvered bronze with blue

in silvered bronze with blue enamels

with machine embroidered script

“Mehr sein als scheinen

He died in 1958

France. An Order Of Military Merit For Protestant Officer's, Knight, C.1800 Newly Listed in silvered bronze with blueMrite militaire. In gold, with while bordered enameled arms, red, blue and green enameled centre pieces with noticeably absent King Louis, hallmarked on 10 o`clock fleur de lis with left facing rams head, (This French hallmark was used from August 16, 1819 to May 9, 1938. Finding this mark indicates the item has tested with limited warranty by touchstone to be a minimum of 750 18kt gold. Origin of the mark is Paris, France), measuring 36 mm (w) x 41.