Brooch: a silver cross of knight of the order of the Legion of Honor, enamelled, boar's head punch; width 41,5 mm; a silver and vermeil military medal of 1870, enamelled and a commemorative medal: "1870 - 1871" in bronze patina; gilded brass brooch with round tips decorated with a caduceus; length 11 cm; early Third Republic period. A commemorative medal of the battle of Verdun with its diploma awarded to Alexis Argoud, driver in the sanitary battalion n° 11 - 1914/1917; period 1914/1917 and a petainist badge with the enamelled francisque in gilded metal. Very good condition.

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