France Légion d'honneur, Croix de guerre and Military Cross to a French officer

[Bison]

Discovered some months ago, this very interesting group of Capitaine Charles Costes.

From August 1914 to March 1916, he is in the Somme with the 9th Artillerie regiment. He is awarded the Croix de guerre in January 1916.

Then, he is posted to the 1st Artillery Regiment from March 1916 to November 1916. He took part to the whole first Somme Battle with its unit attached to the British Forces. He is awarded the Military Cross on the 25th of August 1916.

This is the French paper telling he received the MC:

Then, he joined the 87th Artillery Regiment up to the end of the war. He is awarded the Légion d'honneur on the 30th of April 1918.

The most extraordinary in this story is that he survived the entire First World War.

Cheers

Bison

Edited April 20, 2014 by Bison

[Veteran]

Congratulation, Bison, for this well documented group. Quite unusual to find a group of decorations to a same officer so well preserved with their presentation cases..

Thanks for sharing.

Veteran

[TacHel]

Incredible find!

[Bison]

Thanks Vétéran.

Yes, TacHel, I was lucky.

This is the second 'French' MC group I found. The first one is unfortunately anonymous. But I keep hope to put a name on it.

The first of my collection is an Officer of the Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre with 5 mentions (one palm, four stars), and the MC.

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Just as an illustration, I love this picture:

Cheers

Bison

Edited April 30, 2014 by Bison