Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A French group of medals attributed to Jean Gros

France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, lacking crown suspension, enamel damage, poor; Medaille Militaire, 2nd type, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; St, Helena Medal, bronze; China Medal 1860, by Barre, silver, with old ribbon; G.B., Baltic Medal 1954-55, edge stamped, ‘871L’, contact marks; G.B., Crimea Medal 1954-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Sebastopol, unnamed, clasps loose on ribbon; Russia, Medal for Zeal, Nicholas II, small, silver base metal copy; France, Societiedes Maitres Selliers de l’Armée, silver, reverse inscribed, ‘Gros Jean’, mounted for display on new ribbons, nearly very fine and better except where stated (8) £550-650

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, An Old Collection of Medals Relating to The Great War.

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The medals with and once mounted in an ornate wooden frame, this badly damaged. The case contains a silver miniature and a gilt bullion cord. With old ribbons of the above.