original ribbon having separated from the medal)
He left for the Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp on April 3rd
between December 1943 and January 1944
opens to expose two panels for insertion of photographs
he was in command of a small coastal destroyer
A Burkina Faso Order Of National Merit, Knight, Cased Newly Listed original ribbon having separated fromBurkina Faso; Three piece construction, silver with red, white and black enamels, gilt centrepiece, unmarked, 35. 7 mm x 50 mm, original ribbon, intact enamels, extremely fine. In its hardshelled case of issue, maker marked "ARTHUS BERTRAND Paris" on the inside lid, sticker residue evident on the lid, nicks along the bottom edge, case near extremely fine.