African War Medal (Médaille de la Guerre Africaine / Afrikaanse Oorlogsmedaille) 1940-1945 with ‘Moyen-Orient’ ’ clasp

Rectangular bronze medal with rounded lower edge and sloping shoulders, with laterally pierced loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the heads of a helmeted European soldier and an African soldier wearing a kepi facing left, dated 1940-1945 below and signed ‘DUPAGNE’ (for the Belgian Africanist sculptor Arthur Dupagne, 1895-1961); the reverse plain; on original ribbon mounted for wear in the Belgian style with ‘MOYEN-ORIENT’ clasp