France: Combatants Cross (Croix Du Combattant)

Reverse of lower arm of cross with 'BR' (Bronze) hallmarks and Paris Mint 'Cornucopia' mark

Basic award criteria for this decoration is 90 days service in a specified front-line combatant unit, or 90 days or more detention as a prisoner held by the enemy. The 90 days service 'front-line' service criteria is waived in respect of those who might have been 'Wounded-in-Action'
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Code: 23340

France: Escapers Medal (Medaille des Evades)

The medal with official Paris Mint 'Cornucopia' logo and metal hallmarks indented on flat edge of rim

Instituted in 1926, the medal is awarded to all personnel who had successfully escaped from internment, or died in their attempts to escape from captivity. The medal was made retrospective to include all wars since 1870

The medal fitted with a bright clean length o...  read more

Code: 23339

France: Interallied Victory Medal (Medaille Inter-Alliee De La Victorie 1918). First model by Morlon

The 'Morlon' design was the officially accepted and approved design for the French version of the Interallied Victory Medal

The medal is fitted with its original silk 'moire' riband

Condition: VF  read more

Code: 23337

France: Interallied Victory Medal (Medaille Inter-Alliee De La Victorie 1918). First model by Morlon. With patriotic Great War emblem on riband

The patriotic pinback emblem on the riband is a smiling 'Cherub' wearing an 'Adrian Helmet' at a rakish side angle, with the outline of a 'Legion of Honour' as background

The medal retaining a good bright clean length of original silk moire riband

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 23336

France: Commemorative Medal of the Great War (Medaille Commemorative 1914-1918)

The medal retaining a good bright clean length of original silk moire riband

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 23335

France (Third Republic): Levant Medal 1922 (Medaille de Syrie-Cilicie et du Levant 1922). Bronze. With clasp 'Levant'

The clasp is of the official ornate 'Oriental' type

A French colonial campaign medal commemorating campaigns in present day Syria - formerly a French mandate territory (1922-1946)

The medal with Cornucopia logo and bronze hallmarks of the Paris Mint in lower right reverse field

The medal fitted with a good length of original silk riband

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Code: 23147

National Federation of Combatants: Medal for Combat Veterans under 20 Years of Age (Medaille Combattants de moins de Vingt Ans). Bronze & enamel

The medal was instituted in 1968, on the 50th anniversary of the armistice of, 11 November 1918. The medal was created for the members of the National Federation of Combatants who were combat veterans of all the major wars France had fought since 1914, including the Great War 1914-1918, the Second World War 1939-1945, Indochina, TOE, AFN, ad who held a combat card and had received, voluntarily ...  read more

Code: 23146

Medal for the 50th Anniversary of the Republican Association of Former Combatants (Medaille Commemorative du 50eme Anniversaire de l'Association Republicaine des Anciens Combattants) 1917-1967. Bronze

The medal was instituted, November 1967, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of ARAC, a veterans association created in response to the horror of the Great War, with the intention of obtaining and defending the rights and benefits of former combatants and victims of war, organising action against war and for peace of solidarity between peoples, cultivating the memory of history ...  read more

Code: 23145

Colonial Medal (la Medaille Coloniale). 2nd type Paris Mint medal. With clasp 'Indochine'

Second type medal with uniface suspension. With Paris Mint 'Cornucopia & Numeral '1' marks on reverse

The clasp is of the official type by Parisian maker 'Chobillon'

Indochine (Indochina): The clasp was instituted in 1936 for campaign service in the Federation of Indochina, including Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The clasp includes service during the Second World Wa...  read more

Code: 23131

Colonial Medal (la Medaille Coloniale). 2nd type Paris Mint medal. With two 'Oriental' clasps 'Maroc' & 'Indochine'

Second type medal with uniface suspension. With Paris Mint 'Cornucopia & Numeral '2' marks on reverse

The clasps are both of the official 'Oriental' style by Paris Mint (Monnaie de Paris) the 'Indochine' clasp with Paris Mint hallmarks on reverse, comprising twin cornucopias with numeral '2' between

Maroc: The clasp was awarded for numerous qualifying campaigns in ...  read more

Code: 23129