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FRANCE: AE medal, XF

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FRANCE: AE medal, XF
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FRANCE: AE medal, The 3rd Republic Médaille Militaire (Military Medal), with original ribbon, XF, ex Joseph E. Lang Collection. The Médaille Militaire (Military Medal) is a military decoration of the French Republic for other ranks for meritorious service and acts of bravery in action against an enemy force. It is the third highest award of the French Republic and the most senior entirely military active French decoration. The award was first established in 1852 by the first President of the French Republic, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.The medal displays a silver laurel wreath, wrapped around a central gold medallion bearing the left profile of Marianne, effigy of the French Republic. The central gold medallion is surrounded by a blue enamelled ring bearing the gilt inscription RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 1870. The medal is topped by a device composed of a breastplate superimposed over crossed cannons, a naval anchor, sabers, swords and battle axes, to which the suspension ring passes through a loop for attachment to a ribbon. The reverse of the medallion is common to all variants since the inception of the award, it bears the relief inscription on three lines VALEUR ET DISCIPLINE and is surrounded by a blue enamelled ring.