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© urane
Medal - Coloniale 3rd Republic
1893 year| Silver (.950) | 13.00 g | 25 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Period | Third Republic (1870-1940) |
| Type | Award medals › Military awards |
| Year | 1893 |
| Composition | Silver (.950) |
| Weight | 13.00 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 2.20 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#85263 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 85% |
Reverse
Globe in front of an anchor with trophy of arms and flags in the background.
Script: Latin
Lettering: Médaille Coloniale
Comment
The Colonial Medal is a French decoration created by article 75 of the finance law of July 26, 1893 to reward "military services in the colonies, resulting from participation in war operations, in a colony or a protectorate country". It is no longer awarded. A decree dated June 6, 1962 changed the name "colonial" to "overseas".Instituted by article 75 of the finance law of July 26, 1891,1 the decree of application, dated March 6, 1894,2 listed the military operations carried out by France in its colonies or protectorates (Algeria - Morocco - Cochinchina - Côte d'Or - Marquesas Islands - Nossi-Bé - New Caledonia - Senegal and Sudan - Society Islands - Tunisia) entitling the recipient to this decoration. The scope of the decree has a broad retroactive effect, since the first operations taken into account for the award of the Colonial Medal date back to 1827, i.e. to the very beginning of the conquest of Algeria. It is systematically attributed with a clasp recalling the territory of the military operation.
