Frankrijk, Beloningsmedaille voor de verdedigers van Verdun, 1916

Frankrijk, beloningsmedaille voor de verdedigers van Verdun. In 1916 door die stad uitgereikt door aan militairen die Verdun verdedigd hadden. Vz: Gehelmde Marianne; omschrift: 'Verdun 1916'; ontwerpersnaam Prudhomme. Kz: Opschrift 'Aux glorieux defenseurs de Verdun' onder bloemenkrans. Brons, 30 mm, aan draagoog. Prijs € 40.-

France. Bronze medal with ball suspension; the face with the head and shoulders of a helmeted uniformed figure representing the French Republic facing left, a laurel branch beyond, inscribed ‘VERDUN 1916’, signed ‘PRUDHOMME’; the reverse inscribed ‘AUX GLORIEUX DEFENSEURS DE VERDUN’ (To the glorious defenders of Verdun) below a plaque imposed on roses.

The Verdun medal was created on 20 November 1916 by the Municipal Council of Verdun to commemorate the heroism of its defenders. Originally intended to be awarded to those who served on the Verdun front between 21 February 1916 and 2 November 1916, the medal was, in fact, awarded to those who served anywhere on the Argonne and St Mihiel sectors between 31 July 1914 and 11 November 1918.