France Invasion 1940 Medal

[Hugh]

Hendrik and James Hoard have recently identified this as a non-official medal for French troops (See Hendrik's post below)

Ibelieve it to be a non-official commemorative medal for the Frenchtroops that shortly ventured into the Netherlands in May 1940 to helpstop the German advance. It is not supposed to be worn on militaryuniforms.

Can anyone provide more specifics? Who issued it? Did French troops wear it (i.e., was it "tolerated")? How many were issued?

[Hugh]

And the reverse

[Roeland]

I have one as well.

I have been searching for more information as well, but hardly found any. Only some remarks from other collectors.

I do can tell you that they where given to French soldiers for their defence of the Southern Netherlands in 1940 ( especially city of Breda but also others in the povinces of Noord-Brabant and Zeeland).

That's all I heard about it. I haven't found any book, nor papers in archives.

I don't know who created it(French or Dutch initiative?) and who produced the medal.

[Hugh]

Thanks for that, Roeland. I therefore choose to believe that we have an extremely rare and valuable medal.

Hugh