WHM 103

  • WHM 103
  • Medal
  • Paris
  • 1954 AD
  • Copper alloy
  • Circular
  • 68mm
  • 164g
  • Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Ebay, CDMA59.
  • 2018-05-01
  • 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).


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