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    French medals for service in the Middle East and North Africa: Post yours!


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    Hey guys!

    New to the forum but I was curious to see what you guys may have in terms of French medals for service in the Middle East and North Africa. I only have two medals, one for the 1956 Suez War and the other for service in Lebanon. 

    I'm interested to see what you guys have! Whether that be mounted medal bars, singles, or identified groups

     Cheers!

    - Nick

    Posted (edited)

    Hello Nick and welcome to this forum !

    The 1956 Suez War medal you refer to would be this one, I think :FV026-MiddleEast-1.jpgFV026-MiddleEast-2.jpg

    Its official name is "Médaille Commémorative Française des Opérations du Moyen-Orient" (The French Commemorative Medal for the Middle-East Operations).

    I'm not quite sure which is the medal for service in Lebanon that you refer to. Perhaps the Overseas Service Medal with "LIBAN" clasp ?

    FM002-Outre3bar-1.JPG

    Regards & Best wishes for 2016,

    Hendrik

    Edited by Hendrik
    Posted

    Yea the Liban clasp. That's an awesome Lebanon pair Jef! Thanks for posting yours, guys. They're very cool!

    Posted (edited)

    One of my favourites : Colonial Medal with bars, made by the firm of Robert Gaunt, London, during WW2.

    FV089-ColGaunt-1.JPG

    Edited by Hendrik
    Posted (edited)

    From the same London maker, the Commemorative Medal for Syria-Cilicia and its pre-WW2 French manufacture with the WW2 Vichy regime bar "Levant 1941" :

    FV079-LevantLond-1.JPGFV084-SyrCilicia-1.JPG

    The Medal of Honour for Epidemics, Algerian model, bronze class. This one is named to a R. Hermitte.

    FBM003-EpidAlg-1.JPGFBM003-EpidAlg-4.JPG

    Edited by Hendrik

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