France: Miniature Medal. France: Verdun Medal 1916. 'Vernier' issue (Medaille de Verdun, modele Vernier)

The medal with the immortal legend '‘On Ne Passe Pass’ (They shall not pass)

The Battle of Verdun - a.k.a. 'The Meatgrinder' was the most important French land battle of the Great War

The medal fitted with a long length of riband

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 20996

France: Miniature Medal of the Federation of Veterans of the Chasseurs and Cyclists (FNAC). Bronze issue

A uniface veteran 'office holders' miniature medal

Obverse: The generic 'Chasseurs' horn insignia with title FNAC

For details, history, traditions and awards of the see their website 'Federation Nationale des Amicales de Chasseurs a Pied, Alpins et Mecanises' at:

- https://bleujonquille.fr/

Chasseurs à pied: Historically the Chasseurs...  read more

Code: 20995

France: Society award. Miniature medal. Medal of Radiant Culture 'Rennaisance Francaise Arts Populaires' (Médaille du Rayonnement Culture)

The prestigious French Cultural Society 'La Renaissance Française' awards 4 x types of medals, viz:

- Medaille de la Renaissance Francaise
- Medaille du Rayonnement Culurel
- Medaille de Solidarite et Valeur
- Medaille des Valeurs Francophones

Details of the Society, including their history and the medals they award can be accessed at their web...  read more

Code: 20994

A positively attributed 'Trio' of miniature Royal Commemorative Medals: Arthur Purling Middleton (1884-1966), Indian Civil Service. variously Magistrate, Collector & Commissioner, Bihar & Orissa Province

- Delhi Durbar Medal 1911. Silver issue
- Jubilee Medal 1935
- Coronation 1937

Arthur Purling Middleton, son of Hastings Burton Middleton (a Justice of the Peace, and from 1904 High Sheriff for Dorset) and Charlotte Lucia Middleton (nee Goodford) was a native Bradford Peverell, Dorset, England, where he was born on 14 October 1884. Like his father before him, Arthur...  read more

Code: 25920