Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals, Cabinets & Books

FRANCE, Hommage pour la promotion au grade d’Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, 1974, a bronze award medal by A. de Jaeger, Marianne in cartouche in the act of presenting the Order, rev. legend around central tablet, named (Lucien Rose à Jean Rolland, 21 Novembre 1992), 95mm (CGMP p.972). Mint state; in red box of issue by the Monnaie £100-150

Illustration reduced. Jean Rolland (1921-2015), from Morlaix, was active in the Resistance movement during World War II, participating in the writing and production of ‘illegal’ newspapers and being involved in acts of sabotage against the SNCF. Arrested in Rennes in March 1942, he was deported from Compiègne to Mauthausen in March 1944 as a PoW. Released in May 1945, he was awarded the National Order of Merit and became a chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur in November 1985