Tunisia, Republic. An Order of National Merit, Grand Officer Decoration, by Arthus Bertrand Auction Archive all six with red

all six with red

engraver marked "DU VIVIER PARIS

with silvering wear on the Engineer cyphers

with a screw back and plain plate

the ribbon measuring 31 mm in width x 500 mm in length

Tunisia, Republic. An Order of National Merit, Grand Officer Decoration, by Arthus Bertrand Auction Archive all six with red(Ordre national du Mrite) Order of National Merit, Grand Officer. Of two piece construction, the Order is a seven pointed star of dark blue enamel with a golden coloured rim and between the rays in the form of seven pointed rays of different sizes, arranged pyramidally, measuring 64. 9 mm in diameter and weighing 84. 1 grams, in the center of the star is a gold medallion with a wide border, on which a laurel wreath is located in relief. In the center