Jubilee Medal 1935

The medal complete with its original issue silk riband suspended from a silvered mounting brooch bar, this latter retaining the hinged pin & clasp fittings as issued

Condition: Toned about EF  read more

Code: 21244

Sarawak: Long Service Decoration. Rajah Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke obverse. Awarded circa 1928-1946. Silver

The medal complete with original issue silk riband suspended from a white metal mounting bar. The mounting bar retaining its hinged pin & clasp fittings

Awards of the handsome hexagonal shaped 'Long Service Decoration' were made to officials & officers of the administration, local indigenous nobles, village headmen etc and was much less prolific than the circular 'Long Service Me...  read more

Code: 21226

France: War Cross for Exterior Theatres of Operation (Croix de Guerre des Theatres d'Operations Exterieurs (T.O.E.)). A foreign local strike variant, with 1 x 'Silver Star' citation emblem

This foreign locally made variant, in dark bronze is almost certainly a cast struck issue made in 'theatre' Indochina (Vietnam) in the era 1945-1954

The original silk riband fitted with;

- 1 x Silver Star = 1 x Citation at Corps level

Important: The CDG TOE was never awarded for service in the World Wars, and was never awarded to Allied Forces. The d...  read more

Code: 21171

France: War Cross for Exterior Theatres of Operation (Croix de Guerre des Theatres d'Operations Exterieurs (T.O.E.)). With 1 x 'Bronze Star' citation emblem

The original silk riband fitted with;

- 1 x Bronze Star: Indicating 1 x Citation at Regiment / Brigade level

Important: The CDG TOE was never awarded for service in the World Wars, and was never awarded to Allied Forces. The decoration was exclusively reserved for award to French and French Colonial personnel for services in many (but not all) colonial wars in the ...  read more

Code: 21170

France: Wound Medal (Medaille De Blesses Militaires). 5th Type

Note: This is a 'Type 5' model (Ref 'Identification of French Orders and Medals' (D.M. Byrne, 1996))

The medal fitted with a bright length of original silk riband

Condition: Enamel chipped VF  read more

Code: 21163

France: Medal for Dahomey 1892 (Medaille Du Dahomey 1892)

With Paris Mint 'Cornucopia' logo & marks in the reverse lower field

A most colourful - and hard fought 'West Africa' colonial campaign, not least as Colonel Dodd's force of 4,000 French troops had to defeat an enemy force at Dogba estimated to number 15,000 'Behanzin' - the enemy force including an estimated 2,000 'Amazons' - the legendary women soldiers of West African history<...  read more

Code: 21146

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 enemy internment, or died in their attempts to escape from captivity. The medal was made retrospective to include all wars since 1870

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 21132

France: Escapers Medal (Medaille des Evades)

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

The silk moire riband fitted with a two-pronged mounting pin, or 'epingle' as worn in the traditional French style

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 21131

France: Medal for Civilian Prisoners, Deported Persons & Hostages 1914-1918 (Medaille Des Prisonniers Civils, Deportes et Otages 1914-1918)

With official Paris Mint 'Cornucopia' logo and 'Bronze' hallmarks indented on flat edge of rim

Instituted in 1936, this retrospective award is estimated to have been awarded to approximately 11,000 civilian prisoners, hostages, and deportees of the Great War

Condition: Toned GVF  read more

Code: 21128

France: Medal of the Patriot Resisting the Occupation of the Departments of the Rhine and Moselle 1939-1945

An ordnance issue medal, with official Paris Mint 'Cornucopia' logo and metal marks on obverse of medal

Instituted by decree in 1954, as the Medal for the Exiled Patriot 1939-1945 (Medaille Du Patriote Proscrit 1939-1945) the medal was specifically for award to those French nationals who were ordinarily residents of Alsace-Lorraine / Departments of the Rhine Moselle, and who were...  read more

Code: 21109