WHM 103

Inventory number: WHM 103
Category: Medal
Mint: Paris
Date: 1954 AD
Material: Copper alloy
Shape: Circular
Diameter: 68mm
Weight: 164g
Acquisition: Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Ebay, CDMA59.
Date of acquisition: 2018-05-01
Remarks: France. The edge is stamped: cornucopia and BRONZE. Medal by De Hérain commemorating general Georges Catroux as the Grand Chancellor of the of national order of the Légion d’honneur. The reverse presents the most important places and dates of his service.

GÉNÉRAL CATROUX GRAND CHANCELIER DE LA LÉGION D’HONNEUR,1954, DE HÉRAIN (below the head)

Head of General Catroux left

MARRAKECH / 1931, ALGER / 1936, , HANOÏ / 1939 (above), BEYROUTH / 1941, ALGER / 1943, MOSCOU / 1945 (below)

The palace of the la Légion d’honneur (hôtel de Salm).