A French Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre group of three attributed to Captain Ferdinand Renaudeau, French Artillery

France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, in case of issue; Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1916, with bronze palm emblem on riband; Order of the Academic Palms, Officer’s breast badge, silver and enamel, with rosette on riband; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these mounted as worn, minor enamel damage to first, very fine (3) £100-£140

Ferdinand Renaudeau was born in Cholet on 14 June 1887 and served with the French Artillery during the Great War, being awarded the Croix de Guerre for his gallantry during the Battle of Verdun. He worked closely with the British and American Forces on the Western Front as an interpreter, ad after the War became a Professor of English. He died in Cholet on 15 June 1958

Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform; a portrait photograph of him in later life; and copied research (in French).