WORLD ORDERS AND DECORATIONS x1415


A French Médaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre group of three attributed to Soldier 2nd Class J. P. Petit, French Forces France, Republic, MEDAILLE MILITAIRE, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension; CROIX DE GUERRE, reverse dated 1939, bronze, with bronze palm on riband; CROIX DU COMBATTANT, bronze, extremely fine


A French Croix de la Valeur Militaire attributed to Soldier 1st Class G. Riegert, French Forces France, Republic, CROIX DE LA VALEURMILITAIRE, gilt-bronze, with bronze star on riband; together with the recipient’s riband bar, nearly extremely fine


A French Croix du Combattant attributed to Soldier G. J. Despicht, French Forces France, Republic, CROIX DU COMBATTANT, bronze, good very fine (5)


£60-80


Sold with Secretary of State for War letter notifying the mother of Jacques Pierre Petit that her late son had been awarded the Médaille Militaire, dated Paris, 19 April 1956, and housed in a glazed display frame.


Sold with the citation Certificate for the award of the Croix de la Valeur Militaire avec Etoile de Bronze awarded to Gérard Riegert, which states: ‘This young machine gunner, who is both courageous yet full of self-control, participated in all the unit’s operations. He particularly distinguished himself at Lucet on 15 December 1959 where, during a violent encounter with rebel forces entrenched in a house, his precise firepower stopped them from attempting to escape. His skill was one of the reasons for the success of the operation in which nine rebels were rendered hors de combat and six taken prisoner; and three automatic weapons, 22 grenades, and a large quantity of ammunition were seized.’


Sold with a photocopied Certificate for the Croix de Combattant awarded to Georges Julien Despicht, dated 9 April 1929. 1416


A French Great War group of four attributed to Pierre Reygasse, 11th Regiment of Infantry, wounded on 16 February 1916


France, Third Republic, CROIX DU COMBATANT; VICTORY MEDAL 1918; WAR COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL 1914-18; WOUND MEDAL, enamelled, good very fine (4)


£50-70


Medals contained in a damaged oval wooden glazed case, 585 x 428mm. The medals set upon an illustrated backing which commemorated the major French battles of the war and is inscribed, ‘Reygasse, Pierre, soldat au 11e R.I., Blesse le 16/2/16 á Pertes-les- Hurus’.


x1417


France, Vichy Government, CROIX DE GUERRE (2), bronze, Giraud issue, crossed flags on obverse, reverse dated 1943; another, bronze, Pétain issue, Francisca axe on obverse, reverse dated 1944, with gilt star emblem on riband; CROIX DE GUERRE, for the French Volunteer Legion in Russia, bronze; CROIX DU COMBATTANT, bronze, reverse dated 1939-1940, very fine and better, scarce (4)


£160-200 Sold with two lapel pins. x1418 1419 1420 1421 1422 1423


France, Fourth Republic, LEGION OF HONOUR, Grand Cross Star, 94mm, silver-gilt, with silver marks on retaining pin and two additional support hooks, good very fine


£120-150


Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914, First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, pin-backed, pin marked ‘S.W.’ of Sy & Wagner, Berlin, in case and card box of issue, good very fine


£120-160


Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914, First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, pin-backed, unmarked, in case and card box of issue, good very fine


£120-160


Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914, First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, pin-backed, unmarked, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine


£100-140


Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914, First Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, of convex construction, pin-backed, pin stamped ‘800’, very fine


£80-100


Three: Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, with copy 1939 clasp; CROSS OF HONOUR 1914-18, combatants’ cross with swords; Germany, Third Reich, ARMED FORCES LONG SERVICEMEDAL, for 4 years, with eagle emblem on ribbon, mounted German style, very fine


Pair: Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre; WAR VETERAN’S MEDAL 1914 -18, with crossed swords on riband, mounted German style, very fine


Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914, Second Class breast badge (4), silver with iron centre, very fine (9) 1424 £100-140


Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, in custom-made maroon coloured case bearing the outline of the cross and the dates ‘1914-1915’ in silver on the outside of the lid, and the internal satin pad inscribed, ‘Der Dank Meines Kaisers’, extremely fine


Germany, Third Reich, IRON CROSS 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, in LDO card box of issue; WAR MERIT CROSS, First Class without swords, pin-backed badge, stamp mark on pin, in case and card box of issue; FAITHFUL SERVICEDECORATION, First Class, gilt and enamel, in Deschler & Sohn, Munich case of issue, some wear to cases / boxes, medals generally extremely fine (4)


£120-160 1425 Germany, Prussia, IRON CROSS 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, good very fine £50-70


With Iron Cross 2nd Class certificate of award to Motorist Max Teichert, Army Motor Convoy 34, dated 15 April 1918. together with his Familien-Etammbuch containing biographical and family details.


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