Insignia, Légion Tricolore, 1942
Extremely rare genuine WWII French cloth insignia of the Légion Tricolore.
Created in July 1941 on the initiative of the leaders of the main collaborationnist parties, the Légion des Volontaires Français (Legion of French Volunteers) was intended for building a French military unit attached to the Wehrmacht and designed for being deployed in the USSR. 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.
In June 1942, the Vichy Goverment, which had not been involved in the management of the legion so far, wished to grant an official status to the LVF, allowing troops of the Armée d'Armistice to resign from their positions and to join the legion; moreover, the latter was to be blended with various future military units in order to fight both the Red Army and the Western Allies — the Légion Tricolore was born. Considering the hostility of the German authorities towards this political project, the Légion Tricolore was dismantled in December 1942, its recruits remaining in the LVF.
The leftovers of this 'lost legion' were 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
New old stock, unissued.
Please note that the third picture is shown for illustration purpose only.
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