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FRANCE – FIRST WORLD WAR – Medal, 50 mm – 63.
See original version (French)
382
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FRANCE – FIRST WORLD WAR – Medal, 50 mm – 63.
See original version (French)
Estimate €30
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE – FIRST WORLD WAR – Medal, 50 mm – 63.2 grams.
Designed by Hippolyte LEFEBVRE, horn hallmark, with ‘bronze’ inscribed on the edge.
A woman in a toga, seated, offers food to a family fleeing a battlefield.
In the exergue ‘1915’, around the rim ‘JOURNEE FRANCAISE – SECOURS NATIONAL’
Reverse: A rooster standing on an oak leaf between two olive branches – above it, ‘PATRIE’.
At the exergue, a frame for engraving – Superb, with a beautiful patina of age – in its original cardboard slipcase.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
Auction location
Auction time
10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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