WORLD ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
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Canada, ORDER OF CANADA, Lady Officer’s (O.C.) shoulder badge, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially numbered,
‘506’, hallmarks for Birmingham 1977, mounted ‘bow and tails’, in Garrard, London case of issue, extremely fine,
scarce £1200-1500
Together with original bilingual bestowal document to Antoinette Giroux, dated 24 May 1978.
Antoinette Giroux was born in Saint-Henri, Montreal, on 27 September 1903. An Actress and sister to actress Germaine Giroux, she
had a notable career in the theatre, radio and television, taking part in the long running radio soap opera Golden Youth and television
soap Pine Street. Created an Officer of the Order of Canada in May 1978 for services to Canadian-French entertainment, she died soon
after in Longueuil, Quebec, on 8 July 1978.
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Ecuador, ORDER OF ABDON CALDERON, uniface breast badge, silver and enamel; Mexico, Republic, DEFENDERS OF THE REPUBLIC,
badge, silver and gilt base metal and enamel, n.r.; Brazil, Republic, ORDER OF NAVAL MERIT, dress miniature medal,
enamelled, with riband bar in embossed green leather case by Spink, London, good very fine (3) £50-70
378
Ethiopia, ORDER OF MENELIK II, Grand Cross set of insignia, sash badge and breast star, base gilt metal and enamel, with full
sash ribbon, enamel damage to star, very fine (2) £140-180
379
France, Second Empire, LEGION OF HONOUR, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, enamel damage; MEDAILLE
MILITAIRE, 2nd type, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, re-enamelled and damaged; France, Third Republic, LEGION OF HONOUR,
Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, some enamel damage; Australia, 2/4 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION
MEDAL, 8 clasps, Palestine, Egypt, Libya, Greece, Crete, Syria, Darwin, New Guinea, edge inscribed, ‘Specimen Only’;
GALLIPOLI STAR 1914-15, copy; TOBRUK SIEGE MEDAL, reverse inscribed, ‘J. Enticott’; Belgium, CROIX DE GUERRE, W.W.1 issue,
with ‘A’ palm on ribbon; Greece, WAR MEDAL 1940-41; land operations; Turkey, WAR STAR 1915, by ‘B.B.& Co.’,
enamelled; U.S.A., PURPLE HEART, enamelled; VETERAN’S MEDALS (2), bronze, complete with brooch bars, nearly very fine
and better (12) £120-160
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An unattributed French Commando’s 1939-45 War group of six
FRANCE, CROIX DE GUERRE 1939-45, with bronze star; MEDAL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE IN THE FREE FRENCH FORCES; WAR COMMEMORATIVE
MEDAL 1939-45, 1 clasp, Liberation; GREAT BRITAIN, 1939-45 STAR; FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, together
with related post-war beret with ‘Commandos Marine’ badge and a Free French Forces lapel badge, generally extremely
fine (8) £40-60
381
Germany, Weimar Republic, MEDAL OF HONOUR OF THE KAISER WILHELM
SOCIETY FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF SCIENCE, silver oval medal, 45 x 26mm., with
silver-gilt suspension, with ribbon, good very fine £30-50
382
Germany, Third Reich, WAR MERIT CROSS 1939, 1st Class with swords, silver base metal, pin stamped, ‘1’, in Deschler,
Munich case of issue, extremely fine £60-80
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