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1917 WWI AFRICA ARMY & FRENCH COLONIAL TROUPS DAY MILITARY CHARITY BADGE
1917 WWI AFRICA ARMY & FRENCH COLONIAL TROUPS DAY MILITARY CHARITY BADGE

1917 WWI AFRICA ARMY & FRENCH COLONIAL TROUPS DAY MILITARY CHARITY BADGE

$ 5.27

Availability: 42 in stock
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • Modified Item: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: France
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: Very fine condition, printed in France

    Description

    This cardboard badge was printed the last year of first world war for a charity event to honor french colonial troups and help their families.
    Obverse
    : black soldier with Adrian helmet above legend :
    "journée de l'armée d'Afrique et des troupes coloniales"
    Reverse
    : name of battle and campaigns were the colonial troups fighted : "1914 LA MARNE / L'YSER / 1915 batailles d'ARTOIS et de champagne / 1916 VERDUN / LA SOMME / campagne d'ORIENT" into wreath
    Size
    : 64 mm or 2,5 inch.
    These WW1 "charity day" fundraising souvenirs (cardboard insignia, thin stamped medals, pin badges, more rarely bronze or silver medals) were sold during the Great War to raise money for a variety of causes : mainly supporting the troops fighting on the various fronts, supporting the war effort, supporting wounded soldiers (or having caught tuberculosis)
    , soldier's widows, orphans, thanking allied countries, etc...