France, V Republic. An Overseas Medal With Somalia Clasp, C.1965 Buy Now his grandfather had been a

his grandfather had been a Major-General in the British Indian Army and his father an officer in the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery

gilded obverse centre featuring Romanian Eagle on a red enameled background

underlaid with yellow fabric

März (Spring Exhibition begins March 1st)” and numbered “93424” on the reverse

Sterling silver with blue and white enamels

France, V Republic. An Overseas Medal With Somalia Clasp, C.1965 Buy Now his grandfather had been a(Medaille dOutre Mer). Instituted 6 June 1962. A circular medal constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bears the left facing helmeted and laurel crowned portrait of a woman (as the personification of the French Republic), circumscribed with REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE (FRENCH REPUBLIC), the reverse bears a terrestrial globe on top of trophies of military conquest circumscribed with "MEDAILLE D'OUTRE MER" (OVERSEAS MEDAL), measuring 28. 78 mm (w) x 34.