Watch List notes:

FRENCH PROTECTORATE
Medals

Lot of 6 medals: all dealing with the military, especially during World War II

a. Ligue Française de l'Enseignement, Education Civique et Militaire: Congrès de Tunis, 12 April 1903, Ae, xf, Graveur: A. Borrel, 58mm, 92.34g
b. Sociéte de la Legion d'Honneur, 9 July 1935, Ae, unc, w/case, Graveur: F. Fraisse, 48mm, 55,41g
c. „Victory in Tunis", small Ae-medal minted in Hyderabad during the reign of Mir Usman Ali Khan (1911-1948ce). The victory of the Allies over the Germans – supported by troops transferred from India to the battlefront – was' celebrated on 7 May 1942. The legend on this medal is written in Farsi and dated accordingly: the 17th of Tir 1352, Fasli era. The inscription on the reverse reads: yadgar-e fateh-e tunisiya (Translation: "In Memory of the Victory in Tunisia"). The medal has retained its original eyelet, xf, 25mm, 6.36g
d. "Compagne Tunisie", 1943 (issued ca. 1945), Ae, xf, Graveur: L. Bazor, 67mm, 154,67g On the reverse are listed all of the cities traversed by the Tunisian regiment between Tunis and the Danube.
e. "LES ALLEMANDS ET LES ITALIENS CHASSÉS D'AFRIQVE" (Translation: "The Germans and Italians [being] forced out of Africa". 1945, Graveur: Monier, 69mm, 167.31g
f. Hommage de Charles de Gaulle à Général Alphonse Juin (1888-1967), nd, Ae, in orinigal box (Monnaie de Paris), unc, Graveur: Delannoy, 68mm, 172.46g
Apparently, very little research has been done concerning medals issued during the French chapter of Tunisian history. The commentaries below are few and far between – mainly based on educated guesses.