Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, with bronze palm emblem on riband; Great War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, bronze; Leopold II Commemorative Medal 1865-11905, gilt, good very fine

France, Second Empire, St. Helena Medal 1857, bronze; Italy Campaign Medal 1859, by Barre, silver; Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel; Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension; Croix de Guerre (2), the reverse dated 1914-1915, bronze, with bronze star on riband; the reverse dated 1914-1918; Resistance Medal 1940, bronze; together with an unofficial medal fashioned from a Second Empire 5 Franc coin; and a cast copy Dunkirk Medal, generally good very fine

Poland, People’s Republic, Order of Polonia Restituta, Chevalier’s breast badge, gilt and enamel, good very fine

Spain, Franco Period, Order of Military Merit, breast badge, gilt and red enamel, uniface, with integral top riband bar, some enamel damage, very fine

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, 6th type, the reverse officially numbered ‘1087161’, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with Monetny Dvor mint mark to reverse, nearly extremely fine

United States of America, Legion of Merit, Legionnaire’s badge, gilt and enamel; Purple Heart, gilt and enamel, both unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (lot) £140-£180