Chris Boonzaier Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Found this on Holiday. a 1000 page Tableau d'honneur published in 1921. Listed are 4000-5000 guys who were awarded the Legion D#Honneur or medaille militaire as posthumous awards. all recorded awards up until the date of publication.I dont know if they are scarce or not, but for EUR35 there is no way i was going to leave it there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 Entry example... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Alphabetical? Or (insert "aaagh" here) chronological with no index?How easy-- or IS it-- to look up any name which may arise?Though even with NO index I agree with you on the price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 But mon Ami... this is france, not germany !!! No need for an index... its alphabetical ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Chris,Congratulations. This seems to be a really super book !!! I have never seen such a book...Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Chris,Excellent find.Is there by any chance an entry for Sous-Lieutenant Fr?d?ric (Francois) Lesueur, probably of 312?me. R?giment d'Infanterie? He received the Croix de Guerre and was mentioned in brigade orders in May 1915 for combat in early September 1914.Thanks in advance,David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 When I was in college lo these many decades ago, I came across a volume there which appeared to be EVERY "citation" ever written, in microscopic print, thousands of pages. It weighed about as much as a refrigerator.There was no index, and as I recall, they were NOT repeat NOT in chronological order, either. So there are surprising sources "out there" for WW1 French decorations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 Chris,Excellent find.Is there by any chance an entry for Sous-Lieutenant Fr?d?ric (Francois) Lesueur, probably of 312?me. R?giment d'Infanterie? He received the Croix de Guerre and was mentioned in brigade orders in May 1915 for combat in early September 1914.Thanks in advance,David←Hi,Nix, nothing on him.Medaille Militaire citations seem to be numbered... I wonder if there is a way of researching them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Medaille Militaire citations seem to be numbered... I wonder if there is a way of researching them?←Chris,Do you mean the formal citations that lend themselves well to framing?The fragile documents referring to brigade or army orders are probably only an extract of the brigade or army records. Are these archived anywhere?/David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 I still have not managed to find the answer to the question... is there a central where the citations for the medaille Militaire can be found??As they are numbered, there may be a chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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