Vichy French

[lebus12]

Yes I Knew also 2 or 3 (Le Marrec) and for the Milice, it's now impossible, too many fakes.
Le Marrec had the complete collection on this periode .
Livres en Famille | PIerre-Philippe Lambert & Grard Le Marec - Vichy 1940-1944 : Organisations et mouvements

[Eric Zentner]

Great pins John. The R.N.P. pins are hard to find I only have one

Eric

[cricketchris1944]

Good stuff guys.
Michel (lebus12) is a good guy.
Sometime the language from french to English do not sound the same.
I know being a French American
chris

[John]

Thanks guys.

Eric. I agree, the pins etc of the French Fascist groups RNP, PPF are much harder to obtain than the general Vichy items. Incidentally, great RNP brassard

[Eric Zentner]

Thanks for the kind word John.

Eric

[John]

A few more French items. These are brassards and badges of the Croix de Fue (Cross of Fire) organisation, this started off life as a Nationalist ex-serviceman's organisation in the late 1920's but was banned by the pro-communist Popular Front Government in 1936. The PSF, a political party which came from the CdF ,could be described as a precursor of the later Vichy Government . The items shows are quite common in France as the organisation was huge, however, the small gold beret badge is quite hard to get.

[John]

A few more French Nationalist , anti-communist political badges from the 1920's and 1930's. The button is from a Francistes uniform.

[Eric Zentner]

You have a nice collection John.

Eric

[John]

Thanks Eric. Quite a few years ago I thought I would try to collect French Fascist badges, I was mainly interested in the PPF and the Francistes, and to a lesser extent the RNP as they were formed in the wartime. However, considering how big the PPF with thousands of members was for instance, I really struggled to get off first base. I sort of started collecting 1920's pins in the absence of the proper Fascist (as you will know this is not a term much used to describe the French groups) items being available.

[lebus12]

We can tell French Nationalists, because some were against Germany(they fought against them in WW I.
Very young, one friend knew De La Roque's secretary, so I had also such armbands.