France WWI Medal for the Victims of the Invasion by Arthus Betrand

FRANCE: WW1 Medal for the Victims of the 
Invasion, Bronze Class.
Maker marked by Artus Bertrand.
Inscribed on the reverse: "To the Victims of 
the Invasion, a Grateful France".
The medal was instituted in 1921, in 3 classes 
(Gold, Silver, Bronze) and was awarded to the 
war hostages, political prisoners and persons 
deported outside of France, imprisoned by 
the enemy or condemned by the German 
authorities to forced labor or other severe 
punishment for their attachment to France. 
Among the recipients were people who were 
held captive in retaliation camps in Poland 
and Lithuania, exposed to the worst 
suffering and the most cruel privations.
The medal is scarce.

FULL SIZE

WW1 1914 -1918

Item 100% original - ribbon original

Condition as on the photos
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