Military Crosses (MCs) made by Arthus Bertrand, Paris

Usually these French-made crosses sold as "French-made" while in fact these were manufactured /during WW1 and shortly after/ by a famous Paris workshop of Arthus Bertrand.

Silver.
Size 46 x 42.5 mm.

Marked with a French silver hallmark "boar's head" and Arthus-Bertrand rhombus mark "star above a wheel between letters A.B. & Co".

 

Similar cross was depicted in French journal L'Illustration in 1918.

 

Additional examples.

Silver.
Size 45.8 mm.
Thickness 2.5 mm.

Marked with a French silver hallmark "boar's head".

 

 

 

Salty cross of different stamp marked with a French silver hallmark "boar's head" and practically unreadable rhombus maker's mark on reverse.

 

Exemplary cross with clearly readable Arthus Bertrand workshop mark "star above a wheel between letters A.B. & Co".

Silver.
Size 45 x 42 mm.
Weight 12 g.

Marked with a French silver hallmark "boar's head" and Arthus-Bertrand rhombus mark "star above a wheel between letters A.B. & Co".

Marks.