WW1 French Médaille Militaire Unit Citation Fourragère Lanyard

The fourragère is a unit award. This particular one is awarded to any unit that was cited two or three times in Army dispatches while operating in foreign theaters. All members of the unit wear it once it has been awarded to a unit. New members pass through an initiation before being allowed to wear the fourragère of the unit they are joining. This one is for the Médaille Militaire, made of silk cord with a brass bobbin on the end. It comes in excellent condition and It measures; 24 inches long but with separate shoulder lanyard.

Code: 25052