Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A group of four awarded to Edouard Janin Vidil

France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamel, slight enamel damage; Croix de Guerre 1939, with bronze palm; G.B., Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member’s (M.B.E.) breast badge, silver; Italy, Kingdom, Order of the Crown, Grand Officer’s set of insignia by Cravanzola, Rome, neck badge, gold and enamel; breast star, silver, gold and enamel, very fine and better (5) £400-450

Ex Spink, 22 November 2007.

Edouard Janin Vidil was the grandson of General Thiébault Charles Maurice Janin (1862-1946). Edouard Janin Vidil is believed to have served in the French Resistance. With some copied research.