French metal by Rene Lalique fashioned on supple camel leather as a cuff bracelet. The long hook clasp and flat prong setting is hand crafted in sterling silver by Brandon Holschuh. This pre-loved item is one of a kind and a final sale. Some history of the metal: Stamped bronze cross pattée with integral top loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the seated figure of a woman facing right, two infant children protected by her arms, inscribed below ‘ORPHELINAT DES ARMEES’, signed ‘R.LALIQUE’ for the great Art Nouveau designer René Jules Lalique, 1860-1945; the reverse plain; diameter 30.71mm (1.21 inches). The sale of such insignia by the most noted of French designers raised significant sums for worthy causes throughout World War I.