France Compagnon de la Lib?ration

[Thierry]

Who is this ?

Thanks

Thierry

Edited January 16, 2006 by Thierry

[g_deploige]

Thierry

The best you can do is to look on the website of the Order

http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr

See here the model Brazaville of the "Ordre de la Liberation"

[g_deploige]

An other model, marked wit BR brons and the sign of the Monnaie de Paris on the tranch on the bottem

[g_deploige]

On eBay France is at the moment in auction a first model (Called model of London) of the Order of liberation with the first model of ribbon, Click Here to see

But the Price is raising very quicly, at noon it started at 30 euro, now it is already at 300 euro

the photos are from the auction on ebay.fr

Edited October 22, 2006 by g_deploige

[Chris Boonzaier]

Educate a poor fool... what is the model Brazaville ??

[g_deploige]

Educate a poor fool... what is the model Brazaville ??

Dear Chris

the model brazaville is a little smaller than the model of london, and has only stripes on the sword in one direction.

The decoration is olso havyer like you can see on the picture above. These models where mode localy in Congo Brazaville, don't verget it was wartime, and if some one had to be decorated, the medal had to be there, it was not always simple to get one of London.

more information about the model London and the ribbon see on website of the order of liberation

Edited October 22, 2006 by g_deploige

[g_deploige]

on the website of Galerie Histoire & Curiosit? you can see a beautifull model of London wit the second model of ribbon

[Hendrik]

But the Price is raising very quicly, at noon it started at 30 euro, now it is already at 300 euro

Terrible isn't it ... but just watch it go up and up and up ... last one I heard of fetched 12,000 Euros

Cheers,

Hendrik

[g_deploige]

On eBay France is at the moment in auction a first model (Called model of London) of the Order of liberation with the first model of ribbon, Click Here to see

But the Price is raising very quicly, at noon it started at 30 euro, now it is already at 300 euro

The seller redrawed his object , this morning it was at 600 euro, probably someone did him an offer and he ended his auction, it is a pitty, i had liked to know witch price it would go

Edited October 23, 2006 by g_deploige

[Anthony Jordan]

 Does anyone have any comments on this Croix de la Libération I recently acquired? If genuine at all it would have, I think, to be the first version struck in England by John Pinches as opposed to the post-war Paris Mint version with the black enamelled Cross of Lorraine on the obverse, but I'm struggling to make the call as to whether it is genuine or not. It appears, if my eyesight does not deceive me, to have a tiny ER (possibly EH/EA) struck on the base.

Many thanks, Anthony