A Pair of Commemorative Victory Medals
A pair of commemorative victory medals, including a French 1914-1918 Commemorative War Medal, constructed of bronze, with an integral loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a leftward-facing profile of Minerva clutching a sword, the reverse with an inscription of “GRANDE GUERRE 1914-1918”, circumscribed by an inscription of “REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE”, unmarked, measuring 40.5 mm (w) x 40 mm (h), in better than very fine condition, and; a Soviet Jubilee Medal for 40-Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a pentagonal aluminum backplate and horizontal pinback, the obverse with a raised five-pointed star overlaid by Red Army personnel and topped by dates “1945-1985”, the reverse with a number “40”, topped by an inscription of “УЧАСТНИКУ ВОЙНЫ” (“WAR PARTICIPANT”), above an inscription of “ЛЕТ ПОБЕДЫ В ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЕ 1941-1945 ГГ.” (“40 YEARS OF VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1941-1945”), unmarked, measuring 32 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.

