France Award/Medal
France offers Normandy Service Medal

     A special medal, the jubilee of Liberty, commemorating the 50th anniversary of D-Day, has been created by the Regional Council of lower Normandy.  Designed and minted in Paris, this gold medal features an engraving of the torch from the Statue of Liberty on on side and a map of Normandy with the D-Day invasion beaches and flags of the allied nations on its other side.  To qualify for the medal, you must have served in Normandy between 6 June and mid-September 1944. 
     To request one, send a copy of your military records verifying such service to:  Association Debarquement et Bataille de Normandie 1944, Abbaye aux Dames, Place Reine Mathilde, B.P. 311, 14015 Caen Cedix, France. 
     You may send a fax request to 011-33-231 95-1281.
LA RAO Jan-Mar 99