Medal, Dardanelles

Description
A French Dardanelles Medal. The bronze medal features a left facing profile of a women wearing a wreathed helmet representing the French Republic. " REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE " is marked around it. The reverse features an axe and artillery piece before two standards, the nearer of which bears legend "HONNEUR / PATRIE / 1913 / 1918 ". "R. F." is marked on the right. It is attached to a green and white striped ribbon with an ornate clasp attached through a horizontally pierced barrel shaped suspension.
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Object detail

Production place
France
Subject person
Classification
Personal Symbol/Personal Artifacts
Collection
John Houston Collection
Credit line
French troops who survived combat in the Dardanelles were awarded this medal. See the Fitzwilliam Museum http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/collection/watson/page77.html  This medal was donated to Taranaki Museum as part of the large collection made by prominent south Taranaki lawyer John Houston.
Accession number
A74.915
Collection type
Social History
Material
Bronze
Metal
Silk
Fabric

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