Congo, Democratic Republic. A National Order Of The Leopold, Military, Iii Class Commander, By Arthus Bertrand United Republic of A first war period medal

A first war period medal bar with three medals

engraved with an inscription in Turkish on the back cover

top left corner of the black wool exhibits wear

This work was funded by Canadian Life Insurance companies and Federal Public Health Research Grants

Illustrated on page 88of Angolia’s book

Congo, Democratic Republic. A National Order Of The Leopold, Military, Iii Class Commander, By Arthus Bertrand United Republic of A first war period medalType I (1967 1971). In silver with red, white and blue enamels, marked with a wreath above the maker mark "A. B. & Co" (Arthus Bertrand) and marked "800" (silver) on the loop, measuring 47. 3 mm (w) x 68 mm (h) inclusive of its crossed swords suspension, intact enamels, slight tarnishing on the obverse, on an original shortened neck ribbon with the colours used on the award when the country was known as Zaire (1971 1997), extremely fine. Footnote: The