France: Military Medal (Medaille Militaire). 3rd Republic, 1870-1940 type, with obverse date '1870'

The medal with two Paris Mint 'Cornucopia' logos and numeral '1' marks on lower tie of obverse wreath This is the type of medal awarded throughout both the World Wars, including awards to Allied Forces personnel With a good clean long length of silk moire riband The Medaille Militaire was awarded to British and Empire allied personnel during both World Wars Reference 'Medal to Australia' (Williams, 3rd Edition, 1990), a total of 57 awards of the 'Medal Militaire' were made to Australian personnel during the Great War Condition: About EF