Product Overview
Cross for Volunteers in the Resistance:
FRANCE
(Croix du Combattant Volontaire de la Résistance)
| Size of the Medal: | 34.00mm |
| Ribbon: | Black with red edges and 4 narrow green stripes. |
| Enamel: | NO |
| Creation: |
15 April 1954, for voluntary enlistment in the Resistance. |
| Description: | The Cross of the resistance volunteer combatant, a design of engraver Frédéric de Vernon, is a 36 mm wide cross pattée made of gilt bronze. On the obverse, over the central medallion of the cross, a relief Cross of Lorraine overflowing onto the four cross arms which are covered in laurel leaves. On the reverse, the relief inscription on three lines on the central medallion COMBATTANT VOLONTAIRE RÉSISTANCE. The cross is suspended by a ring through a suspension loop which is an integral part of the top of the upper cross arm. It hangs from a 36 mm wide black silk moiré ribbon with 5 mm wide red vertical edge stripes, it is further divided by four vertical 1 mm wide green stripes, two at centre spaced 2 mm apart and one on each side 2 mm from the red edge stripes. |
| Country of Origin: | France |
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| Condition: |
Excellent condition de condecoration, minor marks according with it age. On the back of the decoration you can see a small piece of paper stuck on the ribbon that has written the type of decoration it is. |
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Sobre T352 - PP |
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