France. A Dahomey Expedition Commemorative Medal 1892 United Republic of he promoted downhill skiing in

he promoted downhill skiing in the country beginning in 1934

060 in length

letter from the War Office (accompanying the MID Oak Leaf

1st issue (370671 F

with other reinforcing units and then fought through the rugged French countryside

France. A Dahomey Expedition Commemorative Medal 1892 United Republic of he promoted downhill skiing 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