RARE FRENCH SOLID SILVER 1895 1 TYPE COLONIAL MEDAL WITH TONKIN & ALGERIA CLASPS

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

RARE FRENCH SOLID SILVER 1895 1 TYPE COLONIAL MEDAL WITH TONKIN & ALGERIA CLASPS:
$85.99

RARE SOLID SILVER FRENCH 1895-1913 1st TYPE COLONIAL MEDAL WITH TWO SOLID SILVER 1st TYPE CLAPET STYLE CLASPS. THE MEDAL IS STAMPED ARGENT (SILVER) ALONG THE RIM, IT HAS POINCON STAMPS FOR DUPUY MERCIER WHO WAS ONE OF THREE PRIVATE JEWELERS TO PRODUCED MEDALS AND CLASPS FOR THE PARIS MINT FROM 1895-1913. BOTH CLASPS ARE ALSO FIRST TYPES AND ARE MAKER MARKED FOR MERCIER. THE FIRST TYPE ALGERIA CLAPET WAS INTRODUCED ON THE 10 MARCH 1894 AND ISSUED FOR CAMPAIGNS FROM 1827 UNTIL 1847 AND FOR 1876 UNTIL 1906. THE TONKIN CLAPET WAS INTRODUCED ON THE 7 JUNE 1895 FOR THOSE WHO TOOK PART IN CAMPAIGNS IN TONKIN PRIOR TO THE 1 OCTOBER 1893. A DIFFERENT STYLE CLASP WAS REINTRODUCED ON THE 1 OCTOBER 1916 AND ISSUED TO THOSE WHO SERVED IN TONKIN IN 1915-1918 AND 1922, 1923 AND 1928. IN 1936 THE TONKIN CLASP WAS REPLACED BY THE INDOCHINA CLASP. BOTH MEDAL AND CLASPS ARE SOLID SILVER, ALL HALLMARKS ARE SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS WITH RED RINGS AROUND THEM, THE MEDAL AND CLASPS HAVE A NICE DARK PATINE. PERFECT.
I POST WORLDWIDE AND COMBINE SHIPPING. POST IS 3.00 EURO FOR NORMAL AT YOUR OWN RISK SERVICE OR 8.50 FOR REGISTERED TRACKED AND INSURED.