France Medal Clasps Extréme Orient - Allemagne

[North Denmark]

Dear members.

Which medals have these clasps belonged to? and are they from the period?

Kind regards

North Denmark

[North Denmark]

Allemagne clasp

[paul wood]

Allemagne clasp

These are clasps for the French World War II commemorative.

Paul

[Veteran]

Paul is rignt about the ALLEMAGNE clasp. It goes with the French WW2 Commemorative Medal. We received it for operations after the Rhine and the Siegfried Line had been passed, at the very end of the European campaign.

The EXTREME-ORIENT clasp rather belongs to the Médaille coloniale for operations in Indochina between 1946 and 1954.

Best regards

Edited August 4, 2012 by Veteran

[camerone54]

The EXTREME-ORIENT barette was rarely worn on the Médaille commémorative 1939-1945, but the veterans of the 5° REI in WW2 wore it for example.

[Veteran]

Hello Camerone54

The 5e R.E.I. (Regiment Etranger d'Infanterie) was the traditionnal unit in Indochina before and during WW2. They suffered greatly at the end of the Japaneese occupation. I personnally have met one of the survivors quite recently.

They were fully intitled to the INDOCHINE clasp to their WW2 Commemorative Medal. If you saw them with the EXTREME-ORIENT clasp, they may have had trouble finding the proper INDOCHINE clasp and simply used the easy to find Colonial Medal clasp.

I saw the survivors when they were brought back to Sidi-bel-Abbes late in 1945. But that was quite some time before the Commemorative Medal came into existence.

Regards

Veteran