Medal - Libération FFI

€235,836.00
LocationFrance
Year1944
TypeCommemorative medals › Military medals
CompositionBronze
Weight15.38 g
Diameter31.9 mm
Thickness2.4 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgeSmooth with the punch of the cornucopia and the inscription `BR` next to it
Lettering: BR Lettering: BR
PeriodProvisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946)
NoticeLucien Georges Bazor
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Obverse descriptionCivilian fighter in profile, looking to the left and holding a submachine gun in his left hand, raising his fist in his right hand with a Molotov cocktail at his feet. Buildings, figures, truck, overturned vehicle and engraved tank in the background. The inscription `L. BAZOR 1944` lower right
Obverse letteringL. BAZOR 1944
Obverse script
Reverse descriptionInscription at the top: `LIBERATION Below: `FFI Underneath the cross of Lorraine surrounded on the left and on the right by a laurel branch
Reverse letteringLIBERATION FFI
Reverse script
EngraverMonnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage1944  - (fr) Monnaie de Paris -
Catalog ID2701919460
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