✅ SOLVED Need help on this early copper

[digging440yrs]

I did not dig this, i bought a old coin collection and this was in it. Im thinking war related but what war ? Collection was coins from late 1700s to early 1900s------any ideas ? looks to be made of copper, says GLOIRE / HONNEUR ON FRONT AND THE BACK SAYS RECOMPENSE A LA FORCE, pretty neat find.

 

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[HAPPYCAMPER]

A medal for time served on the ship Gloire?

 

[trdking]

This say Glory Honor Award of Force French medal I think WW1

 

[digging440yrs]

trdking You might have something, but i was thinking older.

 

[trdking]

Médaille de récompense à la force. []
Hi Dig 440 the site above is in french but if you look midway they say anne 1900 year 1900
I believe the bar and star at the bottom represents aviation so I would say later than 1900 by quite a few years and ww1 makes sense. I can't find this anywhere else so I would have to go with the ww1 assumption unless someone else chimes in.

Cheers!

 

[digging440yrs]

Thanks for your time TRDKING

 

[deepsecrets]

These were French "carnival" medals that were common around the turn of 20thC.