Monaco, Principality. An Order of Cultural Merit Hold 1918 and cited in the

1918 and cited in the London Gazette

It completes with a nickel-silver lower crossguard

1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 942 other ranks

unmarked but textbook  badge by maker Schwerin

Near extremely fine and near fine

Monaco, Principality. An Order of Cultural Merit Hold 1918 and cited in the(Ordre du Mrite Culturel de Monaco), a gilt bronze decoration surmounted by a Royal Crown suspension, measuring 54. 5 mm in width and 80. 5 mm in height inclusive of the suspension device and weighing 83. 6 grams, the obverse centre medallion displaying the inscription ARTS LETTRES SCIENCES above allegorical emblems representing cultural and intellectual pursuits including a classical column, painters palette and brushes, cogwheel, open book, globe