Katanga. A Order Of National Merit, Commander’s Badge, By A. Chobillon, Paris, C.1961 GTRexclude Tank Badge ”25” - Bronze

Tank Badge ”25” - Bronze grade

with stitched RZM tag

Footnote: Major General Samuel Edgar Owen Ludlow began his military career as a Cadet at the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe in 1829-1830

(Hausorden der Wendischen Krone

working largely in secret

Katanga. A Order Of National Merit, Commander’s Badge, By A. Chobillon, Paris, C.1961 GTRexclude Tank Badge ”25” - BronzeBadge 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.