Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Soldat Vadee, 43rd Colonial Infantry Regiment

France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre 1939, silver star on ribbon; War Commemorative Medal 1939-45, 1 clasp, France, unnamed as issued, extremely fine (2) £60-80

Sold with original citation document. Soldat Vadee, 43rd Colonial Infantry Regiment, served in the 6th Division Colonial Infantry, during the Battle of France 1940. He was killed in action on 24 May 1940, the day the Germans attacked and surrounded Boulogne. His actions were commended on this day, and this was subsequently remembered in a Divisional Order on 4 December 1946, resulting in the posthumous award of the Croix de Guerre with silver star.

His citation translates, ‘This excellent soldier who has on many occasions showed calm bravery, volunteered for a delicate mission to replenish supplies, during which he met a glorious death on 24 May 1940.’