Débarquement de l’Armée Anglaise, 1914, a bronze medal by E.-P. Blin [struck 1925], bust of Marshal French left, rev. Scottish soldier in kilt with rifle, being greeted by a French infantryman on the quay-side, ships in background, 68mm (CGMP p.44; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.29, 43; cf. DNW 37, 1247); Bataille de l’Yzer, 1914, a bronze medal by H.-E. Allouard [struck 1916], busts of Ronarc’h and Foch in medallions, rev. La France encouraging soldiers, 68mm (Frankenhuis 103; CGMP p.12; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 12; cf. DNW 47, 910); La Cathédrale de Reims Victime du Vandalisme, 1914, a uniface bronze medal, unsigned, cathedral in flames, 50mm; On Ne Passe Pas, 1916, bronze medals by S.-E. Vernier (2), helmeted female warrior right, rev. castellated tower of Verdun, both 37mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.49, 187; cf. BDW 14, 761); Maréchal Foch, 1918, a bronze medal by A. Maillard for Paris-Art, bust left, rev. legend in 7 lines, 50mm (Frankenhuis 165; cf. BDW 18, 731); La Somme Dévastée, 1918, a bronze medal by P. Ansart and A.A. Roze, man, woman and child surveying a scene of devastation, rev. Prussian eagle above the Somme, tree-stumps in foreground, 49mm (BDM VIII, 181; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 13; cf. DNW 35, 562) [7]. Very fine; one Verdun medal with original green leather wallet of issue and descriptive leaflet (£50-70)

Although signed 1917 by the artist, the Verdun medals had been already been designed and approved by the deputy mayor of Verdun at a meeting of the town council in Paris on 20 November 1916