Order for Merit to the Craft (France)

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Order for services to craft

The Order for Services to the craft (Fri Ordre du Mérite artisanal ) was born on June 11, 1948 by decree by the French President Vincent Auriol donated and was intended to reward people who are in the field of craft to the French Republic deserves had made.

The award was presented on the proposal of the Minister of Commerce .

Classes

The order consists of three classes and the number of annual awards was regulated.

In 1951 the number of annual awards in the second class was increased to 26 and in the III. Class increased to 140 members.

In order to be awarded the medal, one had to be 40 years of age and have been active in this field for at least 20 years. The officer's cross could be awarded no earlier than eight years after being appointed knight, and the commander's cross no earlier than five years after being appointed officer.

Order decoration

The medal is a silver- gilt five-armed cross (knight without gold-plating) with small bundles of rays between the cross arms. In the medallion, which REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE · 1948is enclosed by a blue enamelled ring with the inscription (Republic of France), the head of Marianne . On the back of the medallion an outstretched hand pointing downwards, which is surrounded by the already described circlet with the inscription MERITE ARTISANAL · LABEUR · QUALITE(Handwerkliches Verdienst · Arbeit · Qualität).

There is a laurel wreath between the medal and the ring .

Carrying method

The commander's cross is worn as a neck medal . The medals of the officers and knights on the ribbon on the left side of the chest, with a rosette on the ribbon of the officer's cross .

The ribbon is blue with four white stripes in the middle.

  • Ribbon buckles of the Order for Services to the Crafts

  • commander

  • officer

  • Knight

Others

The award of the Order for Merit to the Craftsman was discontinued in 1963 as part of the reorganization of the French religious system and the foundation of the National Order of Merit .

literature

  • André Souyris-Rolland: Guide des Ordres Civil Français et Étrangers, des Médailles d'Honneur et des Médailles des Sociétés. Paris 1979.