France WWII Colonial Medal with Clasp Tunisie 1942-43 Intermediate Type 1913 1938 Unofficial

FRANCE: Colonial medal, itermediate type of 
the WW2 era. 
Rare, unofficial version of the medal. 
The medal comes with the rare "Tunisia 1942-
43" clasp. 
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 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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