World Orders and Decorations 768 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) 769 £200-£240
France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, 54mm including wreath suspension x 41mm, silver and enamel, poincon mark to base of wreath, in case of issue, tip of one arm slightly bent, with associated enamel damage as a result, minor blue enamel damage to motto around reverse central medallion, very fine
£50-£70 770
France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silvered, gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension; Croix de Guerre (3), bronze, reverse dated 1914-1916, with bronze palm and two bronze star emblems on riband; another, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm emblem on riband; another, bronze, for Théatres d’Opérations Extérieurs; War Medal 1914-18, bronze, generally very fine
Germany, Third Reich, War Merit Medal, bronze; Westwall Medal, bronze, very fine (7) Sold with a commemorative Medallion for Henri Jasper, Prime Minister of Belgium 1926-31.
771 £40-£50
Germany, Brunswick, War Merit Cross 1914, 2nd Class, with horse and crossed swords emblem on combatant’s riband, very fine
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre; Commemorative Cross for the War of 1866, for Königgrätz, bronze; War Merit Medal 1870-71, bronze, no clasp, very fine
Germany, Third Reich, War Merit Cross, 2nd Class, bronze-zinc; War Merit Medal, bronze; Wound Badge, iron, nearly very fine or better
Italy, Kingdom, Allied Victory Medal, bronze; Italian-German Campaign Medal, bronze, good very fine Spain, Franco Period, War Commemorative Medal 1936, blackened gilt, good very fine (lot)
£100-£140
Sold with a quantity of copy Third Reich Medals, including Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge; War Merit Cross, 2nd Class, with swords; Commemorative Medal for 1 October 1938; Westwall Medal; East Medal; S.S. Long Service Medal (2), 3rd Class, for 8 Years’ Service; another, 4th Class, for 4 Years’ Service; Air Defence Long Service Medal; a copy Czechoslovakian Allied Victory Medal; and a copy Hungarian Frontline Combat Cross, 2nd Class.
772 Germany, Prussia, Order of the Crown, Fourth Class breast badge, 43mm, gilt and enamel, unmarked, good very fine
Italy, Kingdom, Italian-Austrian War Medal 1915-18, bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze; East Africa Meal 1936, bronze, with bronze gladius emblem on riband, generally very fine or better (4)
£60-£80 Sold together with an ‘Eulenhorst 1864-1904’ white metal medal. 773
Iraq, Republic, Order of the Two Rivers (El Rafidain), Military Division, Knight's breast Badge, 64mm including wreath with crossed sabres suspension x 48mm, silver-gilt, silver, and enamel, minor damage to tips of points of badge, otherwise very fine
£240-£280 774 Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, edge bruise, very fine £50-£70
775
Italy, Republic, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Officer’s set of Insignia, by Arturo Pozzi, Rome, comprising neck badge, 76mm including tower suspension x 56mm, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked; Star, 73mm, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, maker’s cartouche to reverse, with neck riband and lapel rosette, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (2)
£240-£280
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