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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 1294

A Great War D.C.M. group of seven attributed to Soldat R. Labrut, 32nd Regiment of Infantry, French Army


France, Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1917, with silver star; Medaille Militaire, silver-gilt and enamel; Combatant's Cross; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, by A. Morlon; War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918; United Kingdom, Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; France, The Legion of Ex-Combat Soldiers Medal, the second with minor enamel loss, otherwise good very fine (7)

D.C.M. London Gazette 16 November 1915.

Sold with an original map of Belgium, Mons-Sheet 7A, published by the War Office, dated April 1909, tears and creases to folds, two contemporary postcards hand-annotated in pencil, one to 'Mme S. Labrut, Aniche, Nord,' in envelope of transmittal, this worn, and a small contemporary B.E.F. translation book English-French, as produced by H. Delepine.

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£210