France, Republic. A National Combatants Union Medal, C.1919 GTRexclude on bow-tied ribbon with hook

on bow-tied ribbon with hook and safety pin attachment

a veterans organization created at the end of nineteenth century

measuring 25 mm diameter

hairline crack in the white enamel of the veteran's insignia

He would survive the war and was demobilized

France, Republic. A National Combatants Union Medal, C.1919 GTRexclude on bow-tied ribbon with hookIn cast bronze, reverse marked Chobillon, Paris, measuring 25 mm (w) x 37 mm (h), on period ribbon, extremely fine. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders, Medals, and Decorations composed solely by Dr. Goodwin between 1946 1967. Dr. Goodwin had a successful career as an educator and prominent physician in New York as well as actively serving in both World Wars with the United States