French Silver Medal of Honour for the Ministry of Labour Médaille d’Honneur For Sale
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French Silver Medal of Honour for the Ministry of Labour Médaille d’Honneur:
$17.74
Medal of Honour
for the Ministry of Labour
(Médaille d’Honneur du Travail du Ministère du Travail)
Circular silver medal on laterally-pierced ball suspension; the face with a laurel-crowned female head facing left, representative of the French Republic, circumscribed ‘REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE’ and signed ‘L. Matteï’ (for the artist Léo Matteï); the reverse with a rectangular plaque, below, a radiant upright hammer in a fist, a standard and a staff of Hermes (Mercury) above, inscribed ‘HONNEUR TRAVAIL’ at the base; maker’s mark of Arthus Bertrand & Cie. of Paris on the edge; on original tricolour ribbon for wear in the French style.
The Medal was first instituted on 13 July 1886 and reorganised on 15 May 1948. A number of different versions exist. The silver grade awarded for thirty service or 25 years in the French Colonies.
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Titles of Distinction
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Hero of Socialist Labor
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of USSR
- Dist. Military Pilot USSR
- Dist. Military Navigator USSR
- Dist. Test Pilot USSR
- Dist. Test Navigator USSR
- Distinguished Pilot USSR
- Dist. Navigator USSR
Orders of Distinction
- Order of Lenin
- Order of October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of Suvorov
- Order of Ushakov
- Order of Kutuzov
- Order of Nakhimov
- Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
- Order of Alexander Nevsky
- Order of the Patriotic War
- Order of Red Banner of Labor
- Order of Friendship
- Order of the Red Star
- Order Service to Motherland
- Order of the Badge of Honor
- Order of Honor
- Order of Personal Courage
- Order of Glory
- Order of Labor Glory
- Order of Mother Heroine
- Order of Maternal Glory