Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

France, Second Empire, St. Helena Medal, bronze; Italy Campaign Medal 1859, by Barre, silver, very fine

France, Third Republic, War Commemorative Medal 1870-71, bronze; Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension; Croix de Guerre, bronze (4), reverse dated 1914-1915, with two bronze palms, one silver star, and one bronze star emblems on riband; another, reverse dated 1914-1916, with one silver star emblem on riband; another, reverse dated 1914-1917, with one bronze star emblem on riband; another, reverse dated 1914-1918, with one bronze star emblem on riband; Croix de Combattant, bronze; Cross of Military Valour, bronze; St. Wound Medal, combatant’s issue, gilt and enamel, Army Veterans Decoration 1870-71, silver; Colonial Medal (2), 1 clasp, Afrique Occidentale Française, silver; another, 1 clasp, Maroc, silver; Verdun Medal, 1 clasp, Verdun, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze; Allied Victory Medal, bronze; Medal for Escaped Prisoners of War, bronze; Levant Campaign Medal, 1 clasp, Levant, bronze; Croix de Guerre pour Théatrest d’Opérations Extérieurs, bronze; Order of Liberation, bronze and enamel; Croix de Guerre, bronze, the reverse dated 1939, with one bronze star emblem on riband; Medal for Voluntary Service in the Free French Forces 1940--45, silvered; Medal for the Italian Campaign 1943-44, silvered; Cross for the Combatant Volunteers of the Resistance, gilt; Medal of the French Resistance, bronze (2), one with rosette on riband; Medal for those Deported or Interned for Resistance Activities, bronze, on ‘Interned’ riband; Commemorative War Medal 1940-45, gilt; together with various copy or unofficial commemorative medals, generally very fine or better

France, Vichy Government, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1939-1940, good very fine (lot) £200-£240