scottplen Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I assume this man served with Foreign legion prior to US service ? he arrive in England in mid 1943 a year prior to 70th us division arriving there ? the French and Belgium awards are all early 1940s made but the long pins removed . all medals in frame show even age and fading to ribbons . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) The article stating he was in england 1943 does not go with this group wrong fathers name ! still he had to be in french service prior ? or lower group is a relative ? Edited December 19, 2022 by scottplen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brouillard Jr. Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 The French medals have a brassy finish that indicates that they were manufactured in the late 1960's or 70's and were readily available at a lot of Gun Shows at that time. Since he was born in 1922 and enlisted for WWII and the FFL Enlistment was 7 to 9 years I don't think that FFL service was possible. I think that there would have been an issue of retaining his American Citizenship had he enlisted with the FFL. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) im wondering if its a relatives group ? his wife had french canadian cousins . so im thinking some sort of family member? Edited December 20, 2022 by scottplen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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