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WORLD HISTORICAL MEDALS, FRANCE, Association Amicale et de Prevoyance de la Préfecture de Police, a silver award medal by A. Massoulle, named (M. Saurer, 1922), 41mm; Association Amicale et de Prevoyance de la Préfecture de Police, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (M.M. Bernot Frères, 1923), 41mm; Union des Anciens Combattants de la Préfecture de Police, a silver medal, unsigned, named (Camille Marchand, 1933), 48mm; Les Anciens et Amis de la Gendarmerie, a silver-gilt award medal by C.H. Conrad, named (Capitaine Maxime Dubois, 1966), 67mm; Ministère de la Guerre, a silver-gilt award medal, 36mm [5]. Very fine or better £100-150

Provenance: J. Spencer Collection.

Camille Marchand (1873-1972), b Paris; trained as a perfumier before joining the police after national service, 1896; administrative secretary 1896-1901; policeman 1901-14; commissioner of police 1914-28; deputy director and then director of the prefecture of police, 1931-41; appointed acting police prefect of Paris by the Vichy government, 26 February 1941; retired August 1941 and moved to Nice