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badge [membership]

human history
  • Other Name

    Free French Forces badge, WW2 (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Free French Forces badge, [WW2]

    material: metal

    oval badge with red two barred Cross of Lorraine at centre

    fastening verso: brooch pin [pin is buckled]

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Other Id

    2015.x.126 (temporary accession number)

    h157.06 (unknown ID type)

  • Department
badge [membership] 2015.x.126

Images and documents

Images

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2015.x.126
  • Place
  • Date
    [1939-1945]
  • Associated Notes

    Free French Forces badge, [WW2]

    The two-barred cross, the so-called Cross of Lorraine, was the symbol of the Free French Forces. It was part of the coat-of-arms of the French province of Lorraine, a large part of which had been annexed by Germany between 1871 and 1970, and again from 1940 to 1944. The cross stood for the aim to recover France’s lost land.

  • Associated Event
    WW2; 1939-1945
  • Associated Person
  • Associated Place
  • Period
  • Media
  • Measurement Reading

    22mm

    14mm

    7mm

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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