France WW2 Military Medal Valor & Discipline 1870 Bifacial Type MINI

FRANCE: Miniature of the Valor and Discipline 
Medal (or simply "Military Medal" in French) for 
military merit. 
This is the rare version of the medal with bifacial 
Coat of Arms.
These medals are significantly rarer than the WW1 
ones and were awarded for the Colonization wars 
(delayed WW2 awards, Indochina, Algeria Wars) 
during the IV French Republic.
The Military Medal was created by Emperor Louis 
Napoleon in 1852 to be awarded specifically to 
non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and soldiers 
for completion of 8 years of military service, for 
bravery in front of the enemy as well as for acts 
of courage and devotion to duty. 
The military medal ranks 3rd among the Decora-
tions and Orders of the French Republic, being 
inferior only to the Order of the National Legion 
of Honor and to the Order of the Liberation. 
There are nine main versions and nearly 30 
variations of the medal.

MINIATURE SIZE

WW2 1939 1945

Item 100% original - ribbon original

Condition as on the photos: Some damages on 
the blue enamel

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