The mini Military Medal

[Chris Boonzaier]

I bought this one on German Ebay along with some French Medal odds and ends from the pre WW1 era..

I thought it to be a British mini MM

[Chris Boonzaier]

When it arrived I saw it was uniface and smaller than a regular mini...

[Chris Boonzaier]

The only conclusion that I can come to is it is a mini for French soldiers who got the MM in WW1? From size, style, ribbon etc iz matches my French Minis....

[Tony]

Hello Chris,

Never seen one like that before but I'd say you've come to the right conclusion.

Would a Frenchman wear the medal with the obverse as the King's head or do you think he'd prefer to show the more attractive reverse side.

Tony

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hello Chris,

Never seen one like that before but I'd say you've come to the right conclusion.

Would a Frenchman wear the medal with the obverse as the King's head or do you think he'd prefer to show the more attractive reverse side.

Tony

Tony!!!

Great to see you online again....

I thought you would out in the sun !?!?!?!!?

[Tony]

No sun here, it's night time and winter (only 24?C during the day) but I do have a slight tan which although off topic, is rather an achievement for an Englishman.

[PKeating]

That's a nice piece! Last year, I had to get some French miniatures for Patrick Churchill - ex-N? 4 Commando - from Arthus Bertrand and, of course, they are smaller than British miniatures so they were going to look a bit odd mounted with his British campaign stars and medals. Another veteran remembered having some French-made miniatures of British medals back in the 1950s but we couldn't find any. So we mounted his French awards together and he wore them under his British miniature medal bar.

PK

[PKeating]

That's a nice piece! Last year, I had to get some French miniatures for Patrick Churchill - ex-N? 4 Commando - from Arthus Bertrand and, of course, they are smaller than British miniatures so they were going to look a bit odd mounted with his British campaign stars and medals. Another veteran remembered having some French-made miniatures of British medals back in the 1950s but we couldn't find any. So we mounted his French awards together and he wore them under his British miniature medal bar.

PK