Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

France, A framed display of 20 French and French Colonial Orders, Decorations, and Medals, including Legion of Honour, Third Republic, Chevalier’s breast badge; Order of National Merit, Chevalier’s breast badge; Order of Nichan-Iftikhar, Officer’s breast badge (3), all with rosettes on riband; Order of Commercial Merit, Chevalier’s breast badge; Order of Cambodia, Chevalier’s breast badge; Order of the Academic Palms, Officer’s bade, with rosette on riband; Medaille Militaire, Third Republic issue; Free French Forces Medal; Order of Liberation; Medal of the French Family (2), silver-gilt; silver; Order of Sporting Merit; Order of Tourism Merit; Wound Star (2), military; civilian; and a group of three miniature awards, comprising the Legion of Honour, the Croix de Guerre, and the Medal of French Resistance, mounted continental style on a double braided gilt chain, all mounted in a glazed display frame, generally good very fine (23) £400-£500

Sold with three soft-back publications on French Orders, Decorations and Medals: ‘Guide des Orders Civils Français et Étranges’; ‘Décorations France et Colonies’; and ‘France Décorations Union Française’.