France. A Dahomey Expedition Commemorative Medal 1892 United Republic of For Time in Air In

For Time in Air In Aerial Practices and Tests

and it was only with great difficultly that the ship was extricated from her perilous situation

and Silver Grade: silvered zinc

taken on strength of the 1st Battalion

on a full-length sash with large rosette

France. A Dahomey Expedition Commemorative Medal 1892 United Republic of For Time in Air InIn silver, engraver marked ""DANIEL DUPUIS"" on the obverse, 30. 2 mm, original ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Dahomey Expedition Commemorative Medal was bestowed upon the participants of the First Franco Dahomean War (1890) and of the Second Franco Dahomean War (1892 1894), to commemorate their feats of arms. In 1892, France decided to send an expeditionary force of 1,801 Europeans and 1,769 natives under the command of Marine Infantry Colonel