French Indochina, Annam (Protectorate). An Order of Agricultural Merit, I Class Commander, c. 1940, Scarce Hold (Heeresverwaltung Schulterklappen)

(Heeresverwaltung Schulterklappen)

with a medium brown paper backer

Footnote: This South African Air Force Dress Uniform is rare as the numbers of men in the force prior to World War Two was limited and the men who were in it prior did not have the need to own or wear this uniform

Type I (1879-1891)

but then reversed the decision

French Indochina, Annam (Protectorate). An Order of Agricultural Merit, I Class Commander, c. 1940, Scarce Hold (Heeresverwaltung Schulterklappen)(Mnh Nng Bi Tnh Ordre de Mrite Agricole). Instituted in 1936. In bronze gilt with red, white, green, blue, brown and black enamels, unmarked, measuring 61. 6 mm (w) x 71. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, intact enamels, on an incorrect but similar full length neck ribbon, better than extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Agricultural Merit was instituted on March 2, 1936 and was awarded for services rendered to agriculture, in three grades: I