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live December 5 | 10:00 AM
Hôtel des ventes Giraudeau

107 - France and Abroad, World War I and the Fourth Republic (1946–1958).

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Estimation

€60 - 80

Sale fees

24%

France and Abroad, World War I and the Fourth Republic (1946–1958). Set of twelve decorations. - Silver Military Medal, hinged model, hallmarked with cornucopias, 1st grade silver from the Monnaie de Paris, complete with its ribbon. It comes in a separate box. - Military Medal in silver plated and gilded metal with enamel, ring-style, complete with its ribbon. - "1939–1940" War Cross, bronze, complete with its ribbon. In its box. - Combatant’s Cross, bronze, complete with its ribbon. - 1870–1871 Veterans’ Commemorative Medal “OUBLIER, JAMAIS” (Never Forget), made of silver plated metal, complete with its ribbon and a button for wearing in the lapel. - “VERDUN” “ON NE PASSE PAS” Commemorative Medal, bronze, anonymous design, complete with its ribbon. - “UNC” Medal, bronze. Complete with its ribbon. It comes in a separate box. - Cross of Military Valor, bronze, complete with its ribbon. It comes in a separate box. - Serbia, Cross of the Order of Karageorge (Cross of Bravery), established in 1915. Made of gilded and silver plated metal, complete with its red moiré ribbon. - Germany, “Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914–1918” (Cross of Honor for Front-Line Soldiers 1914–1918) with swords. Bronze. Manufacturer’s mark on the reverse: “R.V. PFORZHEIM 21.” No ribbon. - Conscript medal “SOUVENIR DU TIRAGE AU SORT CLASSE 1899,” complete with its tricolor ribbon. - Artistic pendant medal by René Baudichon (1878–1963), in Silver plated metal, blank. Ribbon missing. - 2 commemorative ribbons, including the Victory Medal and the 1939–45 Commemorative Medal with “France” and “Liberation” bars. (Signs of wear and minor handling marks; in fairly good condition).

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Militaria
Saturday, December 5
10:00 AM
25 Rue Joseph-Cugnot
37300 Joue-les--tours, France

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Hôtel des ventes Giraudeau +33 2 47 37 71 71 contact@hdv-giraudeau.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 130,000 lots published

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