France: War Cross - Croix de Guerre, dated 1939-1940.
Condition: Good Very Fine
The Cross was instituted on 26 September 1939, 23 days after the outbreak of World War II, the 1939 dated version attributed to military personnel who received an individual citation for feats of arms. It was superseded by the 1939-1940 version, awarded by the Vichy Government, after the fall of France in the summer of 1940.
