France, Vichy Government. An (Etat Française) Vichycroix De Guerre, C.1944 Auction Convoy SC-67 Loss - 1939-1945

Convoy SC-67 Loss - 1939-1945 Star

crazing on the obverse and chipping on the reverse evident in the white enamels on the arm at 10 o'clock

These goggles are constructed of a main chocolate-coloured leather facepiece that is sewn onto a pair of slightly yellow-tinted broad teardrop-shaped goggles within a painted grey metal frame

marked “W” (possibly E

the letters and their corresponding envelopes

France, Vichy Government. An (Etat Française) Vichycroix De Guerre, C.1944 Auction Convoy SC-67 Loss - 1939-1945France; Bronze, unmarked, "1944" reverse, 38. 2 mm (w) x 45. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its ball suspension, original ribbon, oxidation evident on the arm at 9 o'clock, near extremely fine. Footnote: The "Unofficial French State" (Etat Franaise) Vichy War Cross (Croix de Guerre) has the double bladed Vichy "francicsa" (axe) above the inscription "ETAT FRANCAIS" on the obverse centrepiece, while the reverse centrepiece is dated "1944", the date referring to