France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, III Class Knight, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity South Carolina Palmetto Cross (bronze

South Carolina Palmetto Cross (bronze with a gold-coloured gilt

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78 mm (h - inclusive integral ring)

6 grams (inclusive of original ribbon with rosette)

France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, III Class Knight, C.1900 certificate_of_authenticity South Carolina Palmetto Cross (bronze(Ordre du Mrite Agricole). Instituted in 1883. Type II. In silver with white enamels, hallmarked with a boar's head (denoting French manufacture of 900 silver, post 1838) on the tip of the ribbon on the reverse, partial maker's mark on the ring, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 46 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, both centrepieces are loose, tiny chip evident in the white enamels at the tip of the star point at 6 o'clock on the