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INDOCHINA INSIGNIA. Collection of documents, insignia and de…
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189
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INDOCHINA INSIGNIA. Collection of documents, insignia and de…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
INDOCHINA INSIGNIA. Collection of documents, insignia and decorations belonging to A.R., miscellaneous papers, booklet, decorations including a military medal, the 1939 War Cross with three silver stars, the Vietnamese Valour Cross, the Military Merit, ribbon bars, an identity tag, dog tags, mementoes of the Liberation, a piece of a US parachute, a cigarette packet bearing the insignia of the 110th Infantry Regiment, embarkation form for the ‘Pasteur’ with insignia, French flag with regimental buttonhole insignia, adjutant’s shoulder insignia, etc. A.R., class of 1940, enlisted as a volunteer in 1938, served in the 1939–1940 campaign, then from 1943 to 1945 with the 9th Zouaves, was in Algeria in 1942, took part in the liberation of Corsica in 1943, followed by the campaigns in France and Germany; he was posted to Indochina in 1951–1953, serving with the “Tiểu đoàn” (TD) of the 16th BVN (Vietnamese Battalion), and ended his career as a warrant officer. During this time, he amassed a substantial collection of nearly 150 regimental insignia, including many from Vietnamese units, which were subsequently sold.
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