France General de Lattre de Tassigny bronze medal 1st French Army Crosses the Rhine 1945

France General de Lattre de Tassigny bronze medal 1st French Army Crosses the Rhine 1945 68mm.  Le franchissement du Rhin.

High relief portrait of the general by Pierre Turin, 1948.

Reverse:  First French Army crosses the Rhine 31 March 1945, scene of assault craft on river with explosions.  In exergue also dates of previous famous crossings of the Rhine, a major boundary with Germany: 1675 1796 1800.