France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Newly Listed Honore 346

Honore 346

The roll of honour is dedicated to the memory of the members who died in the First War: Wilhelm Lude (KIA September 17

He is buried in the Toronto Cemetery in Somme

The document is dated to 1 September 1917

He was to be Acting Corporal on September 13th and is documented as having been on command while attending Rouge Finding Course at Chelsea on September 21st

France, Republic. An Academy Of Industrial And Artistic Commercial Progress, Work Merit Award Newly Listed Honore 346In 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