As far as I remember, all the medals of a soldier, who served in North Africa, Italy and finally Austria, had all his medals named - these I saw around 1970, including the Military Medal and Medaille Militaire, fr. (reverse was engraved or stamped?), Africa, Italy, 1939-45 Medal and Star as well as Defence Medal, there was also the Territorial Medal with this. He lived in Chingford/Essex, was a post-war bank manager, he had the rank of "sergeant" and with the 8th Army during the war. Name was CARTER, Sergeant, he was either Rifle Brigade or "Green Howards".
Also, his grandfather (mother's side), can't remember the name, was with the Royal Marine Artillery in France, on the Somme in 1914-18, at Albert, Pommera, etc., and he also won the Military Medal. So Carter jr. has two military medals in his family. I hope he has kept them till this day.