Category Archives: French

Superb French Great War Medal Group


12 Awards mounted and framed
All in good condition with original ribbons as awarded
Contained in a period French gilt wood frame.

Royal, Imperial and National Order of the Legion of Honour, 3rd Republic, officer (Ordre Royal, Impérial et National de la Légion d’Honneur, 3ème République, officier), 1870-1951 issue

Croix de Guerre
French WWI War Cross
1914-1917 issue Three star citation and palm leaf

Combatant’s Cross
(Croix du Combattant) 1914-1918

Medal Commemorative of the Great War
(Médaille commémorative de la Grande Guerre) 1914-1918

Médaille Militaire
3rd Republic 1870–1940

Inter-Allied Victory Medal, French official issue
(Médaille Inter-Alliée de la Victoire) 1914-1918 by Morlon,

Order of Social Merit, officer
(Ordre du Mérite Social, officier)

Medal for the Military Wounded
(Médaille des Blessés Militaires)

Verdun Medal, Rare Revillon version (Médaille de Verdun, modèle Revillon)
with Verdun bar

Medal of the National Union of Combatants
(Médaille de l’Union Nationale des Combattants)

Medal Commemorative of the 50th Anniversary of the Great War (Médaille Commémorative de la 50ème Anniversaire de la Grande Guerre), 1968,

Medal of Honour of Posts and Telegraphs, silver version
(Médaille d’Honneur des Postes et Télégraphes, 2ème modèle)

Frame size 33 x 27 cms

Price £375.00

Ref:2128

Rene BURBAUD 1891-1914 107e Regiment of Infantry

 

FRENCH WORLD WAR I
A photogravure, hand-finished, studio portrait photograph
of

Rene BURBAUD
Born Confolens, Charente 25th Oct 1891
Enlisted Angouleme Class of 1911 Matricule No.1100
Soldier 2n Class 107e Regiment of Infantry
Killed feu de l’ennemi (enemy fire) Chalons-en-Champagne (Marne) 27th September 1914

On paper 35 x 27 cm
With copies of soldiers service records.

Price £55.00

Ref:2036

French WWI 1914-18 Médaille Militaire Adjutant-chef 151e regiment infantry


Médaille Militaire 3rd Republic 1870–1940
As Awarded to
Edmond Maxime Emile VINCENT
Adjudant-chef 151e et 351e régiments d’infanterie
Born 29 May 1879 Paris, died 21 December 1951 Chatellerault
Contained in a French period frame with original Medaille Militaire award certificate signed by the Chef du Bureau 12 Febuary 1914
41 x 52 cm
Glazing replaced with plexi glass for shipping

Price £45.00

Ref:1838

Louis XIV, King of France, Silver jeton, 1651

365365a

 

Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), King of France, the hostility of England to France, French silver jeton, 1651, unsigned, bust of the young king right, mantle around shoulders, LVD XIIII DG FR ET NAV REX, rev., sun shines on a lily growing in France whilst a cold wind blows from England, MAIOR AB AQVILONE FLORES ET FRONDES, 27.5mm (cf MI 395/21, this with armorial obverse; Feud. 6674, in copper only).

Very fine and rare.

Price £260.00

Ref:365

Louis XIV Battle of Dunkirk, French copper medal, 1658, by J. Mauger

382382a

 

Louis XIV, the Battle of the Dunes or Battle of Dunkirk, French copper medal, 1658, by J. Mauger, youthful bust right with flowing hair, rev., Victory advances over prone bodies, sea and mountains beyond, VICTORIA PACIFERA, in ex., HISPANIS CAESIS AD DUNQUERCAM, 41.5mm (MI 427/70; Divo 48; vL II, 417). Extremely fine.
The French army commanded by General Turenne and assisted by Commonwealth troops, defeated the Spanish who were fighting with English Royalist troops and French Fronde rebels. From the series of medals depicting Medallic History of Louis XIV.

Provenance: Elsen Auction, 12 March, 2005 (lot 2572).
The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals

Price £SOLD

Ref:382

Jean Astruc 1684-1766

3103
Professor of medicine at Montpellier and Paris, who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases, and also, with a small anonymously published book, played a fundamental part in the origins of critical textual analysis of works of scripture.

Artist: Louis Halbou.,

Size 15 x 9 cms

Price £10.00

Ref: 3103

Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle

3493
Comte de Lasalle 1775-1809, French cavalry general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, often called “The Hussar General”. He first gained fame for his role in the Capitulation of Stettin. Over the course of his short career, he became known as a daring adventurer and was credited with many exploits; some true, others probably fanciful. Eventually, he fought on every front and was killed at the Battle of Wagram.

Artist/Engraver: Antoine-Jean Gros 1771-1835

Size 27 x 18 cms

Price £28.00

Ref: 3493

Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine

3485
Charles IV 1604-1675 was Duke of Lorraine from 1624 to 1634, when he abdicated under French pressure in favor of his younger brother, Nicholas Francis, and again from 1661 until 1675 (his death).

Size 33 x 22 cms

Price £28.00

Ref: 3485

LOUIS PHILIPPE COMTE DE SEGUR 1753-1830

3046
French diplomat and historian, son of Philippe Henri, marquis de Segur, was born in Paris in December 1753. He entered the army in 1769, served in the American War of Independence in 1781 as a colonel under Rochambeau

Subject gender: Male
Artist:
Size 14 x 11 cms

Price £14.00

Ref:3046