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23-11-11, 10:29 AM
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British made WW2 French Naval Commando pocket badge
I decided to take a chance on this piece even though I have never come across anything published with close up photographs of an original WW2 era French Naval Commando pocket badge. I have seen a number of the smaller versions of this badge which I don't think were ever worn by the French Naval Commandos. This badge is twice the size of the smaller ones. I did remember an article in a magazine describing this badge as being made in the UK with a horizontal pin and numbered. The initials and numbers on this badge looks like they were hand stamped rather hard prior to enameling. I found this piece at an insignia show in California last Friday. I think other collectors missed it because it was sort of buried in amongst a bunch of WW2 era sweetheart insignia. The seller specialized in Nazi insignia of which he had several cases for sale. This badge wasn't real expensive but it wasn't cheap. I asked him where he had purchased this badge. He told me that he had bought a large grouping of insignia from a motel buyer in the US. This badge was amongst the stuff he bought from this guy who would travel about the US staying in motels in different cities buying swords, guns and insignia from private parties who answered various advertisements placed in local newspapers ahead of time. If this is a real badge my guess is that it was brought back stateside by a US soldier after the war who may have traded for it with a French soldier. So I could use some help in determining if this is an original pocket badge of the type worn by the French Naval Commandos during WW2. If it is real I was wondeing what the initials above the numbers were for. Thanks in advance for your help.
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23-11-11, 11:10 AM
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NC 1267 is the service number of the soldier. The very first badges -called "perchoir" in French- were introduced in September 1940 and were worn by Free French Navy Personnels only. I have no clue if any French navy commando or else veterans association would have the complete listing of these service numbers with the name of the owners but if so, it could help you know who it belonged to.
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23-11-11, 07:31 PM
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24-11-11, 06:56 AM
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24-11-11, 07:48 PM
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Thanks for the great link! Now I've got to locate someone who can read French.
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24-11-11, 08:04 PM
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Hi Tonomachi, try "Google translate" I have tried it and the translation from French to English is not academic but you will understand the text.
Jo
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24-11-11, 10:41 PM
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After translating the text using Google Translate I'm a little worried as the badge I bought could be a copy made by the Free French Naval Forces (FNFL) Association as sort of a reunion piece after the war. They were supposedly identical except for having a less intense blue enameling.
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