France: Interallied Victory Medal (Medaille Inter-Alliee De La Victorie 1918). First model by Morlon. With patriotic Great War emblem on riband

The patriotic pinback emblem on the riband is a smiling 'Cherub' wearing an 'Adrian Helmet' at a rakish side angle, with the outline of a 'Legion of Honour' as background

The medal retaining a good bright clean length of original silk moire riband

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 23336

France: Commemorative Medal of the Great War (Medaille Commemorative 1914-1918)

The medal retaining a good bright clean length of original silk moire riband

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 23335

Germany (Federal Republic): Medal of the Order of Merit. Gilt and enamel

Sold together with:

- Companion lapel riband with pin fitting for undress wear
- Original plush hinged case of issue with logo of maker, Steinhauer & Lück, Lüdenscheid

Condition: EF  read more

Code: 23334

Germany (Third Reich): Honour Cross 1914-1918. With 'Swords' for combatants

Reverse of cross with makers marks 'G7'

The medal fitted with a bright length of 'Combatants' medal riband

Often referred - erroneously - as the 'Hindenburg Cross' - the Honour Cross was the first general service medal to be instituted during the short-lived, but ultimately calamatous, era of the 'Third Reich', as an exclusive 'retrospective' general service award,...  read more

Code: 23329

Germany (Weimar Republic): Kyffhauser 1914-1918 War Veterans Commemorative Medal

The Medal was instituted in 1922 and, until the issue of the Cross of Honour (a.k.a Hindenburg Cross) that was issued retrospectively to Great War veterans in 1934, was often the only medal worn by German veterans of the Great War

The Kyffhäuserbund der Deutschen Landeskriegerverbände veterans’ organisation had been established some years before World War I and Field Marshal Paul...  read more

Code: 23325

Hungary: War Medal 1914-1918. For Combatants

Silvered bronze

Hungarian 'Haborús Emlékérem kardokkal és sisakkal'

Instituted in 1929 to Hungarian veterans who had served in the Great War, and to those Austrian and German personnel who served in or were or attached to Hungarian units that served in the amed forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

The medal is frequently found in 'Spange' (mounted g...  read more

Code: 23321

Italy: War Commemorative Medal 1915-1918. Type I. No clasp

With makers for 'Sacchini, Milano'

Fitted with a good bright length of silk 'moire' riband, as issued

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 23319

Nigeria: General Service Medal 1966-70. In white metal

This the scarce 'White Metal' variant

The medal as awarded for participation on the government side during the Civil War that raged after the secessionist declaration of the Republic of Biafra

Note: Nigeria awarded 3 x different service medals for the Civil War, or Biafran War. Each medal had different award criteria, including, 'General Service'. 'Defence Service'...  read more

Code: 23312

Nigeria: National Service Medal 1966-70

Awarded to personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces and Police. The riband representing the colours of each of the four forces, with the crests of the respective services depicted on the reverse of the medal

The medal as awarded for participation on the government side during the Civil War that raged after the secessionist declaration of the Republic of Biafra

Note: ...  read more

Code: 23311

Oman (Sultanate): Sultan's Armed Forces Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. 2nd Type medal. With 'Sultan Qaboos Bin Said' (1940-2020) obverse legend

This a second type issue with reverse inscription in Arabic language, as awarded circa 1970-2020

Awarded for 12 years unbroken service in the Armed Forces of the Sultanate of Oman, SOAF

The medal mounted in the swing-style. The ribbon brooch retaining the original hinged pin and clasp fittings, and indented with makers marks for 'Spink' of London

A c...  read more

Code: 23309