Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

France, Third Republic, Conseil Municipal de Paris 1904-08 Medallion, 50mm, silver, the reverse embossed ‘Lt. Col. Kearnes City Marschal’, in embossed red leather case; together with an unrelated Medaille de Changhai Concession Française, silver, 1 clasp, ‘Changhai 1937 Police Française’, in case of issue, good very fine

An unattributed Great War Italian group of four
Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militaire, silver, unnamed as issued; War Cross, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the Great War 1915-18, bronze; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, bronze, very fine (6) £70-£90

Thomas Joseph Kearnes, C.B., C.M.G. (1861-1920), Army Service Corps, appointed City Marshal, London, in 1904, and Sergeant-at-Arms, City of London, in 1907. He served in South Africa during the Zulu campaign in 1879 (Medal and clasp); the Ashantee Expedition 1895-96 (Star, Mentioned in Despatches); the South African War 1899-1902 (Queen’s Medal with six clasps, King’s Medal with two clasps, three times Mentioned in Despatches); and the Great War 1914-18 (1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals, five times Mentioned in Despatches).