France. Medaille Des Evades. Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO

Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC Laureate and draped bust of Trajan right

Size: 18mm

Three: Stoker A

Good extremely fine with much red mint lustre

To the north of the river Ancre lay an important objective

France. Medaille Des Evades. Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANOThe Escapees' Medal (French: Mdaille des vads) is a military award bestowed by the government of France to individuals who were prisoners of war and who successfully escaped internment or died as a result of their escape attempt. The "Escapees' Medal" was established by a 1926 law, intended to honor combatants not only of the First World War, but also of the Franco Prussian War of 1870. Its statute was later amended to include combatants of the Second