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M?daille de la Fid?lit? Fran?aise - (The Medal for Fidelity to France) instituted on 3 July 1922 and awarded to inhabitants of the two border regions of Alsace and Lorraine, who had been either imprisoned or exiled by the occupying Germans because of their loyalty to France. A bar on the ribbon bears the word "Fid?lit?" and a bronze star indicates each year of imprisonment or exile.

Ribbon = blue with red outer and white inner side stripes an a narrow white edge. Obverse : two women seated, looking out across country. Reverse : a bundle of fasces between crossed oak and laurel sprays, with a 3-foldriband, lettered "Libert? / Egalit? / Fraternit?" (the French national motto). Metal : bronze.

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