Medal, Deportees and Interned Resisters (1940-45)

Description
A Medal for Deportees and Interned Resisters (Médaille des Déportés et Internés Résistants), 1940-1945. The bronze pentagonal medal features a pair of forearms crossed and chained together with flames in the background. "REPUBLIQUE / FRANCAISE / MEDAILLE / DE /LA/ DEPORTATION / ET / DE / L’INTERNEMENT / POUR / FAITS / DE RESISTANCE above a Cross of Lorraine, symbol of the Free French. It also features Paris Mint cornucopia bronze assay marks. The horizontally striped blue and white ribbon with red edges is for Internees.
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Object detail

Production place
France
Subject person
Classification
Personal Symbol/Personal Artifacts
Collection
John Houston Collection
Credit line
This medal was donated to Taranaki Museum as part of the large collection made by prominent south Taranaki lawyer John Houston.
Accession number
A74.907
Collection type
Social History
Material
Bronze
Metal
Silk
Fabric

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