Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

France, Second Empire, St. Helena Medal, bronze, nearly very fine

France, Third Republic, Order of the Academic Palms, Chevalier’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, enamel damage to reverse; Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension; Croix de Guerre (3), bronze , reverse dated 1914-1917, with bronze palm on riband; another, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with silver star on riband; another, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918; Croix du Combattant, bronze; Colonial Medal, silver, 2 clasps, Indochine, Algérie; Overseas Medal (3), silver, 1 clasp, Zaïre; another, silver, 1 clasp, Tchad; another, silver, 1 clasp, Liban; Wound Medal, combatant’s type, gilt with red enamel star, enamel damage to star; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1914-18, bronze; Dardanelles Campaign Medal, bronze; Reconnaissance Medal, Second Class, silver, with star emblem on riband; Medal of Honour for Evaders, bronze; Military Volunteers Cross, 2nd type, bronze, with rosette on riband; Medal of the Resistance 1940, bronze; Medal for Voluntary Service in the Free French Forces, silvered; War Commemorative Medal 1939-45, gilt; Medal for Italy 1943-44, silvered; Medal for those Interned for Political Reasons, bronze, 1 clasp, Interne; U.N. Korea 1950-54, French issue; Commemorative Medal for Middle East Operations 1956, bronze, 1 clasp, Moyen Orient; Medal of Tourism Merit, silvered, generally very fine (25) £140-£180