France, Occupied Italy. A Croix de Guerre, Very Scarce, c.1944
France; Bronze, unmarked, "1939" reverse, 36.2 mm (w) x 44.8 mm (h) inclusive of its ball suspension, original ribbon, extremely fine.
Footnote: This cross was struck in Milan, Italy for the French Expeditionary Force, in a reddish bronze, the reverse with marginally smaller dimensions.

