FRANCE. Set of 21 medals and decorations. Including encouragement au bien public in gilt bronze, croix de guerre 1939-1940, French state ribbon, médaille interalliée and pour l'unité, italiennes, croix de commandeur de l'œuvre des vieux militaires, in gilt metal, FNCPG medal in silver metal with table medal (prisoners of war), croix de commandeur de l'Ordre national du mérite, vermeil and enamel, chevalier de la Légion d'honneur IIIe République, vermeil, two croix de guerre 1939-1940, one French and one Belgian, two médailles du travail. T.B. and T.T.B.

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