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WW2 Vichy France Collar tabs for a member of Pétain personal guard

$ 253.43

Availability: 74 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: France
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Condition: light patina on the metallic thread. no glow under UV, 1 loosen thread on the tip of one of the flames on the right tab, see pictures.
  • Region of Origin: France
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Conflict: WW II (1939-45)

    Description

    extremely rare original pair of collar tabs for a member of Marechal Petain personal security Detachment.
    Unit was created after the fall of France in 1940 and was terminated in 1944 during the liberation of France.
    Approximately ~1000 members at its height.
    the best reference book in my opinion on the subject: La garde personnelle du chef de l'Etat 1940-44 : by Xavier Aiolfi      published by Nouvelles Editions Latines  in 1999