France, Republic. A Lot of Two Miniature Orders of the Academic Palms with Brilliance, c. 1900 Archive oval shaped gilded bronze (non-magnetic)

oval shaped gilded bronze (non-magnetic)

soiling evident on the lid

marked 935

with its trademark four hollow rivets on the reverse

Along with massive loss of life

France, Republic. A Lot of Two Miniature Orders of the Academic Palms with Brilliance, c. 1900 Archive oval shaped gilded bronze (non-magnetic)(Ordre des Palmes Acadmiques). Instituted March, 17th, 1808. A lot of two miniature Orders of the Academic Palms, Type III (1866 1955), consisting of: 1. A miniature Order of the Academic Palms with Brilliance, constructed of silver with gemstones, consisting of two palm leaf branches in a wreath formation, decorated with thirty small old european cut diamonds and five similar cut rubies, suspended from a miniature sized purple ribbon, unmarked,