Lot no. 153
TWO FREE FRENCH FORCES BADGES FROM GENERAL DE GAULLE
- Badge of the Free French Forces (FFL)
Enamelled brass, reverse unmarked; hook slightly deformed
33 x 20 mm
- Badge of the Free French Naval Forces
Enamelled brass, the reverse horizontally marked "REGd n° 83830".
32 x 16 mm
History :
During the war, the General wore two insignia, without any decoration (which he stopped wearing in 1940): the FFL insignia on the right-hand side and the Free French insignia with the cross of Lorraine, without any legend.
Provenance :
- Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)
- Then Admiral Philippe de Gaulle (1921-2024)
- Then descendants
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