France, Third Republic. Eleven Commemorative Medals, C.1870 Archive suspended from a green rayon

suspended from a green rayon cord flanked by silver aluminum wire tresses

overlaid by a gilt Soviet coat of arms above an open book

though other accounts suggest an Aichi D3A "Val"

marked "STERLING" and hallmarked with the British lion on the reverse

or privateer service of the United States

France, Third Republic. Eleven Commemorative Medals, C.1870 Archive suspended from a green rayonA lot of eleven commemorative medals, including a Proclamation of the Third Republic Commemorative Medal 1870, bronze gilt, measuring 14. 3 mm (w) in diameter, integral suspension). A Homeland in Danger, Decay of the Emperor and Proclamation of the Third Republic Medal 1870, bronze gilt, measuring 23. 3 mm in diameter, integral suspension. A General Trochu and the Proclamation of the Third Republic Commemorative Medal 1870, bronze gilt, measuring 14.