French Free French Sterling Supporters Pendant Charles de Gaulle
$74.97
A very scarce original 1941 period British made Free French supporters badge circular pendant, enameled in the colors of the French flag, bearing the Cross of Lorraine on a polished gilt sterling map of France, the reverse impressed in relief with a facsimile signature of the French General Charles de Gaulle and marked STERLING SILVER. Very good condition, complete with original suspension ring. The pendant is 17mm in diameter.
Free France (French: France libre) was a political entity claiming to be the legitimate government of France following the dissolution of the Third Republic during World War II. Led by General Charles de Gaulle, Free France was established as a government-in-exile in London in June 1940 after the Fall of France to Nazi Germany. It joined the Allied nations in fighting Axis forces with the Free French Forces (Forces françaises libres), supported the resistance in Nazi-occupied France, known as the French Forces of the Interior, and gained strategic footholds in several French colonies in Africa.
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