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FRANCE: AE medal, XF

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FRANCE: AE medal, XF
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FRANCE: AE medal, Commemorative Medal of the 1870–1871 War, with original ribbon, XF, ex Joseph E. Lang Collection. The Commemorative medal of the 1870–1871 War (Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1870–1871) was a French military campaign medal awarded to those who served during the Franco-Prussian War. The war, declared by Emperor Napoleon III on Prussia on July 19, 1870, ended in defeat for France and terminated in the Treaty of Frankfurt of May 10, 1871. The Commemorative medal of the 1870–1871 War was awarded to veterans of the Franco-Prussian War who could prove, with an official document, their service under French colors in France or Algeria, or on board armed naval vessels, between the months of July 1870 and February 1871. Its obverse bore the relief image of the effigy of the "warrior republic" in the form of the left profile of a helmeted woman's bust wearing armor. On either side, the relief inscription along the outer medal circumference reads RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. The reverse bore at its lower center a rectangle bearing the relief inscription AUX DÉFENSEURS DE LA PATRIE, superimposed over the relief images of military weapons (sabres, lances, and cannons), a naval anchor and a flowing banner, at its top, the relief years 1870 / 1871 bisected by the banner's mast.