Norway, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Olav, Grand Cross Set In Gold, By Tostrup GTRexclude Balfour Company of Attleboro

Balfour Company of Attleboro

maker marked “M” for an unidentified manufacturer

arriving in Great Britain in March 1941

the obverse with a central black enamelled medallion bearing a silver crowned cipher of King Ludwig III within a white enamelled border in the form of a buckled belt with silver letters reading MERENTI (MERIT)

Norway, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Olav, Grand Cross Set In Gold, By Tostrup GTRexclude Balfour Company of Attleboro(Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden). Instituted in 1847 by King Oscar I. In 18K Gold, the badge presents a white enamelled Maltese Cross with ball finials, between each arms sit a crowned O, the obverse medallion features a superimposed rampant lion on a red enamelled field surrounded by white, blue, and white rings, the reverse medallion features the inscription RET OG SANDHED on a red enamelled field surrounded by white, blue and white rings,