France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, II Class Officer, C.1900 Newly Listed The pants are closed by

The pants are closed by a 300 mm vertical slit with four magnetic metal buttons meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes

the "t" in Lloydtown struck over an "s"

The War Merit Cross certificate is dated to division command post on July 15

s Royal Rifle Corps in December 1914

to Lance Corporal Joseph Sanford Barteaux

France, III Republic. An Order Of Agricultural Merit, II Class Officer, C.1900 Newly Listed The pants are closed by(Ordre du Mrite Agricole). Instituted in 1883. Type I without date 1900. In silver gilt with blue and white enamels, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 68. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally pierced ball suspension, repair evident in the blue enamels on both centrepiece rings using a black filler, otherwise the enamels are intact, large rosette on its original ribbon, very fine. Footnote: The Order of Agricultural Merit was instituted on July 7,