Sign, Metal, LVF, Légion des Volontaires Français contre le Bolchévisme, Montargis
Extremely rare genuine WWII French LVF sign, made up of a sheet metal panel adorned with enamel paint motifs — the LVF emblem above mention Légion [des] Volontaires Français contre le Bolchévisme (Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism).
Manufactured by PeinturEmail in Courbevoie, near Paris.
Created in July 1941 on the initiative of the leaders of the main collaborationnist parties, the LVF was intended for building a French military unit attached to the Wehrmacht and designed for being deployed in the USSR. The central committee, located 19, rue Saint-Georges in Paris (IXe arrondissement), transferred all services to the same address in January 1942: central secretariat, recruiting services, propaganda, social service...
The volunteers who had passed the various tests were eventually incorporated in Infanterie-Regiment 638 of the Heer. Following a harsh baptism of fire in the winter of 1941 at the outskirts of Moscow, the unit was reorganized and subsequently deployed in present-day Belarus to conduct anti-partisan warfare for the next two years, its remnants being eventually transferred to the Waffen-ᛋᛋ in November 1944. It is estimated that the actual strength of the LVF never exceeded 6,000 troops.
https://www.persee.fr/doc/rharm_0035-3299_1997_num_207_2_4654
Format: 23.55in x 31.40in.
Very good overall condition despite some minor oxidation and various signs of wear, such as tiny scratches.
Found in the former French Army barracks of Caserne Gudin in Montargis, Loiret département, which was used as a training center for officers of the LVF from July 1943 onwards.
https://montar.fr/une-longue-histoire-entre-la-caserne-gudin-la-ville-et-la-vie-de-montargis/
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