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Auction 22  14-15 May 2015
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Lot 1397

Starting price: 85 USD
Price realized: 120 USD
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FRANCE: AE medal, 1914, 68mm, World War I medal of Marshal Joseph Jacques Césaire by Henry Nocq, Paris mint, J. JOFFRE. MARECHAL DE FRANCE, bust of Maréchal Joffre in uniform; signature HENRY NOCQ below / The Marshal standing left in uniform saluting, legend in thirteen lines, HN monogram at right; below 6 SEPTEMB 1914, NGC graded MS64 BR. Marshal Joffre, was a French general, who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 1916. He is best known for regrouping the retreating allied armies to defeat the Germans at the strategically decisive First Battle of the Marne in September 1914. Photo size reduced.

Estimate: 100- 150 USD
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