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France, 1918. France/United States of America. Allied Forces – Heroes of Victory, cast medals by P. Roche (3), bust of Clemenceau, reverse FRANCE LE VEULT; bust of Pershing, reverse THE 48 STARS; bust of Wilson, reverse RIGHT BEFORE MIGHT, 30, 31 and 34mm. (cf. Cat. de Guerre Pierre Roche) [3]. Very fine and better, scarce (£40-60)

Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), French prime minister 1917-20, popularly known as ‘The Tiger’; John Joseph Pershing (1860-1948), commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I; Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th president of the United States, 1913-21