Order of Agricultural Merit, Chevalier

Awarded to Lieutenant Michael Isaacs RNVR (1882-1960). Obverse: Six pointed white enamel star set in a gilt wreath, a gilt centre with the head of France (right) within a circle of blue enamel. Legend: 'REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE'. Reverse: Similar but without the head of France. Inscription: 'MERITE AGRICOLE 1883'. Suspended by a ring from a green ribbon with a red stripe near each edge.

Michael Isaacs was born in Bow, London as Meyer Isaac Rogel, the son of Lewis Isaac Rogel. By 1911 the family had moved to Brixton and had changed their name. Lewis was working as a traveller in tea for J. Lyons & Co. and Michael Isaacs was travelling to Australia and the United States as a company director. In August 1915 he joined the RNVR as a temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Division and served with the Drake Battalion, near Arras in France. On 5 June 1917 he was a awarded the Military Cross. In 1917 he was appointed Temporary Acting Lieutenant commanding 253rd Divisional Employment Company. He was demobilized on 21 August 1919. On 9 March 1922 he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London - Isaacs had officially changed his name from Rogel by deed poll on 6 March that year. He married Eileen Violet Scott in 1933 at St George, Hanover Square. By 1939 he had changed his name to Ingrams and died under that name in Eastbourne.

Object Details

ID: MED2609
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Order
Display location: Not on display
People: Isaacs, Michael
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 43 mm
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