A First War French "Journée De Poile 1915" Badge Hold lacquered finish

lacquered finish

stamped on the underside of the lid

the volunteers of the 38th Battalion began engaging the Ottomans some twenty miles north of Jerusalem

I am obliged to inform you that your son

arriving in England shortly thereafter and was taken on strength at Shorncliffe on June 14th

A First War French "Journée De Poile 1915" Badge Hold lacquered finishBronze gilt, in the shape of a straight armed cross paty, illustrating a nude man, his back to the viewer, a German eagle in the background, the man's right arm raised and grasping the neck of the eagle with his hand, inscribed "JOURNE DE POILU 1915" below and engraver marked "R LALIQUE" (Ren Lalique) at the lower left, 34. 5 mm x 34. 5 mm, horizontal pinback, scratch on the left arm on the obverse, light sticker residue on the reverse, near extremely