Katanga. A Order Of National Merit, Commander’s Badge, By A. Chobillon, Paris, C.1961 Buy Now the obverse bearing a raised

the obverse bearing a raised monogram of Tsar Paul I

The difference in resources between the two sets of trials was extraordinary

1956-1957 (unnamed)

Measuring 65

with hollow metal arms that previously held luminous radion-coated bands that since been mostly lost

Katanga. A Order Of National Merit, Commander’s Badge, By A. Chobillon, Paris, C.1961 Buy Now the obverse bearing a raisedBadge in gilt and enamels, with full length of neck ribbon, by A. Chobillon, Paris, width 47mm, in mint condition. Katanga, in the Congo, existed for as an independent state for two and a half years between July 1960 and January 1963. A rare decoration.