TN01 ORDER OF CIVIL MERIT
  Ordre du Mérite Civil des Sip Hoc Chau
four classes - 1950
  For: service to the T'ai Federation by T'ai, French, and others
  Design: Obverse: appears like four Crosses of Lorraine, the ones pointing to the top and bottom of white, and the ones pointing to the sides of black, with the longer arm overlaying the longer arm of the white crosses, and with each cross having the top and shorter arm ending in thicker squares, and with the longer arms both ending in thicker squares and having a thick square midway in the arm, and with a central square medallion with gold border inscribed in T'ai script "Muong-Ta" (Federation T'ai);
    Reverse: Reverse: same but inscribed "FEDERATION TAI"
  Ribbon: black 8mm, yellow 2mm, black 4mm, yellow 9mm, black 4mm, yellow 2mm, black 8mm

1/1 Grand Cross - star and cravet
  Design: cravat badge - as above, 55mm
    star - gold of eight sets of five trefoil rounded rays, surmounted with badge as above, 88mm
  Ribbon: sash - as above but 100mm with stripes in same proportions
    service bar - with rosette and gold wings

Order of Civil Merit Cl 1 - Star
1/1 Grand Cross - star
(Luc FARHI-Libert SVV auction 2003 07 10, lot 364)

1/2 Commander - cravat
  Design: cravat badge - as above, 55mm
    service bar - with rosette and gold wings

Order of Civil merit Cl 2
1/2 Commander Class
(www.LaPhalere.com Item 5001)

Order of Civil Merit - Cl 2 Obverse
1/2 Commander - Obverse

Order of Civil Merit - Cl 2 Reverse
1/2 Commander - Reverse

1/3 Officer - breast badge with rosette
  Design: as above, 43mm
    service bar - with rosette

Order of Civil Merit - Cl 3
1/3 Officer

1/4 Knight - breast badge
  Design: as above, 43mm
    service bar - without rosette

Order of Civil Merit - Cl 4
1/4 Knight

Order of Civil Merit - Brevet
Brevet