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Hello Gentlemen, my interest in frech medal bars and ribbon bars is increasing. I´ve got this nice ribbon bar from a friend of mine. Now I would like to learn more. I tried to determine the ribbons but I was not successfull with all of them. Here my results: The Order of Social Merite The War Cross 1939 - 1945 The War Cross for foreign operational theatres The Combatant´s Cross The Colonial Medal The 1939 - 1945 Commemorative war Medal The 1943 - 1945 Italian campaign Medal The Indochina Campaign commemorative Medal The Insignia for the Military Wounded ??? Order of the Million Elephants and the White Umbrella ??? The Order of Quissam Alaouite Knight

Hello Gent´s, it is the medal bar from Schloßportier Michael Glausch, the key for Identification was the Hessian Verdienstmedaille and then with the help from an saxonian collector it was easy to find out the Name. Kind regards Andreas

Thanks Ulsterman, the longer I have a focus on it the better I like it, and as I started to do some research on the medals I´ve learned a lot from the story behind the medals. Salutations Andreas

Now I´ve learned that the clasp Tonkin is at the least an award from the earley 1920´s and the Tonkin Expedition commemorative medal is arround 1885 is it possible that someone can be soldier allready 1885 untill NCO in the early 1920´s ? I know that this was possible in the imperial German forces, was this possible in the French army too ?

Thanks to Odulf and Bison for sharing your knowledge with me. Very appreciated

Thanks to both of you for the fast reply. The clasp is the piece from the sergent Rinuldi group. Is it possible to date when it was awarded ?

Hello Gents and collector friends, I have a question to my Tonkin clasp. Is it possible to date or find out who was the producer ? It deviates from other campaign clasps for the Médaille Coloniale. All thoughts and opinions apprechiated. Kind regards Andreas

Hello Chris, I´m not 100 % sure but I think that this is the Erinnerungszeichen an die Goldene Hochzeit des Königspaares OEK 480. All the best. Andreas

Hi Chris, I couldn´t find F. Weegmann in the book für Badens Ehre from Zelosko and I don´t like the engraving. It must look like mine. Kind regrds Andreas

Thank you very much for your efforts. Very appreciated Best wishes Andreas

and finally The Volunteer combatant's cross 1914–1918 Croix du Combattant Volontaire 1914–1918 Thank you for your attention Kind regards Andreas

The Combatant's Cross Croix du combatant

The 1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal Médaille Interalliée de la Victoire 1914–1918

The 1914–1918 Commemorative war medal Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1914–1918

The Legion of Honour Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur with emamel damages on front and reverse

The Military Medal Médaille militaire

The War Cross 1914–1918 Croix de guerre 1914–1918 with palm and two stars

The Morocco commemorative medal (1909) Médaille commémorative du Maroc (1909) The ribbon is raddled and I think that is the reason why the clasp Haut - Guir went to the Colonial medal

The Order of the Dragon of Annam Ordre du Dragon d'Annam

The Colonial Medal Médaille Coloniale

and now with better pictures I´ll try to do it in chronological order, if there are mistakes please feel free to correct me. The Tonkin Expedition commemorative medal Médaille commémorative de l'expédition du Tonkin

Thanks Bison, in Germany you had to be officer to get some enameled. Regards Andreas

Thanks Bison, could you please enlighten me if it was possible that a sergent could get l´Ordre du Dragon d'Annam ?

Hi and thanks Bison, the first bar on the Médaille Coloniale is Tonkin. The clasp is old mounted on this ribbon, I´ll try to make detailphotos tomorrow. What I don´t understand is the 1900 Chine 1901 clasp on the Médaille commémorative de l'expédition du Tonkin. Regards Andreas