WW1 COMMANDER-In-CHIEF of FRENCH FORCES on WESTERN FRONT J. JOFFRE MEDAL 1916 (1/100). ONE OF THE 100 MINTED (UN-NUMBERED) (POSSIBLY A MINT PROOF). MEDAL IS STAMPED ON ITS EDGE ” BRONZE ” WITH THE CORNUCOPIA MINT MARK OF THE MONNAIE de PARIS (PARIS MINT). GENERAL JOFFRE in PROFILE IN HIS GENERAL’S UNIFORM WEARING HIS CROIX DE GUERRE AND FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR MEDALS WITH AN OAK LEAF BRANCH AND LAUREL LEAF BRANCH ALONG WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF SERBIA ON THE UPPER LEFT, COAT OF ARMS OF BELGIUM ON THE UPPER RIGHT, COAT OF ARMS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM LOWER LEFT. COAT OF ARMS FRANCE ON THE LOWER CENTER. COAT OF ARMS RUSSIA ON THE LOWER RIGHT. WITH A LAUREL LEAF BRANCH WITH THE BATTLES GENRAL JOFFRE COMMANDED UP UNTIL ASKING TO BE RELIEVED OF COMMAND DECEMBER 26, 1916. Armies of our allies. Were able to forge the weapons which our. Weight on all fronts. The moment is approaching under. Soldiers of France, you. D a (do you)! You are, decide to act. Complete it to the end! The victory is certain! 1931 was a French general who served as Commander-in- Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 1916. He is best known for regrouping the retreating allied armies to defeat the Germans at the strategically decisive First Battle of the Marne in September 1914. His political position waned after unsuccessful offensives in 1915, the German attack on Verdun in 1916, and the disappointing results of the Anglo- French offensive on the Somme in 1916. At the end of 1916 he was promoted to Marshal of France, the first such elevation under the Third Republic, and moved to an advisory role, from which he quickly resigned. Later in the war he led an important mission to the United States. DIMENTION: WIDTH 2″ x LENGTH 2 3/4″ x THICKNESS 3/16. THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.