Ivory Coast, Republic. A National Order Of The Republic, Knight By A. Chobillon, certificate_of_authenticity with a recessed medal bed

with a recessed medal bed for the badge and a slotted medal bed for the breast star

with pinback mounted to a bronze plate base and sewn in place on the reverse

as well as an illegible mark

coming on quickly and leaving the same way

intact enamels along with a dual prong pinback on the reverse of the Wound Medal

Ivory Coast, Republic. A National Order Of The Republic, Knight By A. Chobillon, certificate_of_authenticity with a recessed medal bed(Ordre National de la Cte d'Ivoire). Instituted April 10, 1961. Of French manufacture, Of French manufacture, an enameled white red framed Maltese Cross in silver gilt, adorned by a fine enameled green laurel wreath in each quadrant, the obverse with a central gilt medallion featuring an engraved facing front elephant within a wreath of palm, circumscribed by an enameled green border inscribed REPUBLIQUE DE COTE DIVOIRE in gilt letters, the reverse