Médaille Commemorative de la Guerre 1939-1945
This bronze, hexagonal medal bears on the face a Gallic cock on a Lorraine Cross and on the reverse the inscription: "Répeublique Française 1939/45" Bars were awarded for service, either on land or in the air, in France, Norway, Italy, Germany, Great- Britain and the Soviet Union; for maritine operations in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Channell and the North Sea as well as for resistance and volontary service.
The ribbon is light blue with red and green stripes at its outer edges and a vertical row of V's (Victory) down its centre.
| Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Parant, André | 07-03-1897 | 15-03-1941 |       more |
| Pijeaud, Charles Félix | 12-12-1904 | 06-01-1942 |    more |
| Piobetta, Stéphane | 22-07-1913 | 14-05-1944 |   more |
| Perez, Etelvino | 10-01-1919 | 25-05-1944 |    more |
| Proszeck, Jean | 15-04-1905 | 18-06-1944 | more |
| Perraud, Raymond | 28-02-1913 | 23-08-1944 | more |
| Piault, Albert | 11-04-1914 | 23-08-1944 | more |
| Porcheron, Charles | 15-05-1917 | 23-08-1944 | more |
| Philippe, François | 12-08-1922 | 24-08-1944 | more |
| Prost, Georges | 26-05-1915 | 23-01-1945 | more |
| Putz, Joseph | 24-04-1895 | 28-01-1945 |  more |
| Pécro, Joseph | 27-04-1918 | 10-04-1945 | more |
| Perceval, Joseph | 01-12-1911 | 06-09-1952 | more |
| Petre, René | 22-12-1908 | 09-12-1957 | more |
| Ponchardier, Pierre | 04-10-1909 | 27-01-1961 |   more |
| Postaire, Paul | 17-06-1915 | 31-10-1962 | more |
| Prochasson, Maurice | 21-07-1901 | 07-08-1964 | more |
| Pailleret, René-Georges | 10-02-1921 | 24-03-1967 | more |
| Priez, Moïse | 30-11-1912 | 24-01-1970 |  more |
| Poletti, Pierre | 30-10-1894 | 06-04-1971 | more |
| Poitevin, René | 21-03-1911 | 31-01-1972 | more |
| Pène, Pierre | 10-03-1898 | 20-04-1972 | more |
| Pompei, Jean | 11-02-1909 | 28-06-1972 |  more |
| Parazols, Gilbert | 25-10-1903 | 05-06-1974 | more |
| Poirel, Jean | 03-08-1910 | 25-08-1975 | more |
| Pipa, Josef | 13-10-1915 | 02-01-1977 |   more |
| Peeters, René Théodore | 18-08-1898 | 17-06-1979 |  more |
| Plantevin, Jean | 13-03-1913 | 06-12-1980 |  more |
| Peltier, Adrien | 28-07-1903 | 28-12-1982 |   more |
| Pinot, Edouard | 01-08-1891 | 09-05-1984 | more |
| Palaud, Noël | 24-12-1909 | 05-08-1985 | more |
| Pâris de Bollardière, Jaques Marie Roch André | 16-12-1907 | 22-02-1986 |  more |
| Ponchardier, Dominique | 03-03-1917 | 17-04-1986 | more |
| Pouliquen, Joseph | 20-11-1897 | 24-09-1988 | more |
| Petitjean, Jacques | 25-05-1918 | 25-03-1991 | more |
| Przybylski, Edouard | 20-09-1920 | 26-05-1993 | more |
| Piozin, Hippolyte | 19-12-1913 | 22-07-1994 | more |
 | Paturau, Joseph Maurice | 23-04-1916 | 27-06-1996 | more |
| Prets, Paul | 29-06-1919 | 27-10-1996 | more |
| Perner, Viktor | 27-05-1911 | 10-02-1997 | more |
| Pinhède, Edmond | 14-01-1911 | 14-12-1997 | more |
| Puech-Samson, Pierre Gustave Robert | 28-12-1915 | 19-01-2000 | more |
| Pernet, Jacques | 22-05-1911 | 01-05-2002 |  more |
| Pytkowicz, Lazare | 29-02-1928 | 12-10-2004 | more |
| Podeur, Roger | 11-04-1920 | 20-09-2005 | more |
| Patou, André | 05-07-1910 | 10-06-2006 |  more |
| Postel-Vinay, André | 04-06-1911 | 11-02-2007 |  more |
Sources
- Photo: France Phaleristique
- - Dorling H.T., Ribbons and Medals, Philip, London, 1974.
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