FRANCE: COLONIAL MEDAL 1893 – 1962

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CLASP : EXTREME ORIENT
( French Indochina in 1945
during the Pacific War)


The Colonial Medal (French: "Médaille Coloniale") was a French decoration created by the "loi de finances" of 26 July 1893 (article 75) to reward "military services in the colonies, resulting from participation in military operations, in a colony or a protectorate".
A decree of 6 June 1962 changed the term "colonial" to "overseas"

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