France, Iii Republic. A Military Medal For The Occupation Of The Rhineland, C.1925 Hold Situated underneath the left stud

Situated underneath the left stud is a non-magnetic metal cockade painted in a Bavarian blue and white (with the silvered base metal substitute white) national colour motif

pebbled arms with smooth borders

From 1944 to 1957

6mm(w) x 42

the obverse centre design depicts a swastika

France, Iii Republic. A Military Medal For The Occupation Of The Rhineland, C.1925 Hold Situated underneath the left stud(Medaille de Rhnanie). Instituted in 1925. Type II (Rhineland, Ruhr and Tyrol). In bronze, maker marked "AXC" (Adrien Chaubillon, Paris) and marked "BRONZE" on the edge, engraver marked "M. Delannoy" (Maurice Delannoy) on the obverse, inscribed "RHENANIE RUR TYROL" on the reverse, measuring 30 mm in diameter, very light contact, original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Military Medal for the Occupation of the Rhineland was instituted in