👍 1886 ORIGINAL CHINA - FRENCH WAR MEDAL AWARD CERTIFICATE 中法战争勋章委任状

Description

Awarded to a French soldier of the
2nd class
of the 2nd
Regiment of
Zouaves.
Zouave
was the title given to certain light infantry regiments in the French Army. Two Zouave battalions (under
chefs de bataillon
Simon and Mignot) served in Tonkin during the closing weeks of the Sino-French War (August 1884 to April 1885). One of these battalions was roughly handled on 23 March 1885 in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao. A third Zouave battalion (
chef de bataillon
Metzinger) joined the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps shortly after the end of the war, and took part in operations against Vietnamese insurgents.
The last photo shows an image of a Zouave Officer. The image is just for illustration purpose and is not included in this auction.
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