Set of miniature orders and medals
This is a set of First World War miniature orders and medals on a chain. They show, from the front and viewing from left to right, the French Legion of Merit, the French Croix de guerre, the French Academic Palms, the Serbian Order of the White Eagle with Swords, the Greek Order of the Redeemer, the Greek Order of George I, and the French medal of the Orient. The set likely belonged to a French officer, as it was common to have the highest orders from ones own country on the left of a set of medals, then orders from other countries, and then the lower-ranked medals on the end, right-side of the set. The Serbian and Greek orders and then the Orient medal seem to indicate these were for an officer who had seen service in the Balkans during the First World War.
French Legion of Merit. French Croix de guerre. French Academic Palms. Serbian Order of the White Eagle with Swords. Greek Order of the Redeemer. Greek Order of George I. the French medal of the Orient.
CONTRIBUTOR
Špiro Vranješ
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
16
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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