France WWII Colonial Medal with Clasps Levant 1941 & 1942 Tunisie 1943 Intermediate Type 1913 1938 by Lemaire

FRANCE: Colonial medal, itermediate type 
(1913 - 1938), with the rare WW2 clasps 
Levant (Lebanon, Syria) 1941 and Tunisia 1942 
- 1943. 
Hallmarked for silver (~2~) by the Paris Mint 
and signed by Georges Lemaire, while both 
clasps are also silver hallmarked (crab) and 
maker marked. 
The "Tunisia 1942 -43" clasp, was issued to 
the Free French Forces that participated in 
the Tunisia Campaign (also known as the 
Battle of Tunisia) between Axis and Allied 
forces (consisted of British Imperial Forces, 
including Polish and Greek contingents, 
American, Free French troops. 
The Free French troops were roughly 7000 
men, thus the bar is quite rare.
The battle ended with Axis's complete 
defeat. Over 230,000 German and Italian 
troops were taken as prisoners of war, 
including most of the Afrika Korps.
The "Levant 1941" clasp was issued for the 
respective campaign in Syria–Lebanon 
(Operation Exporter). During the operation, 
British Commonwealth, Czech and Free 
French Troops invaded the controlled by the 
French Government of Vichy Syria and 
Lebanon in June–July 1941. 
The Colonial medal was established in 1893 
and was awarded to military personnel who 
operated in French protectorates and 
colonies.
In total there are established 52 official and 
63 unofficial bars for the colonial medal. 
The award was replaced in 1962 by the 
Overseas Medal.

FULL SIZE 

WW2 1939 - 1945

Item 100% original - ribbon original

Condition as on the photos

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