France French Militaria & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a rare and beautiful French World War I Type I Air Corps badge numbered 2971 on reverse. The badge is a ring framing a propeller with one spread wing. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in height and...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1900 French Pre-Dreadnought Battleship souvenir pin from the Brest Naval Yard. The pin is beautifully detailed in silver and gold plated brass and reads: "BREST" in raised detail. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare numbered unit badge for the Hadfield-Spears ambulance unit, a voluntary Anglo-French medical unit. The unit, originally known as the 282nd Light Surgical Ambulance Corps of the 4th French Army, operated from February...

ARTIFACT: This is a great hand-colored satire of Napoleon from around the time of the 1810 British Blockade of French-controlled ports. It appears that the piece was framed in the 1920s or 1930s. Napoleon, trying to use concentrated sunlight against the...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback first edition copy of "De Gaulle", War Leader Book Number 7 in the Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century series. Written by Philippe Masson, this volume focuses on Charles Andr?? Joseph Marie De Gaulle,...

ARTIFACT: WWI French Model 1915 P-1 "Pear" grenade with missing fuse and base plug. VINTAGE: Circa WWI, 1915 SIZE: Approximately 3-7/8" tall x 1-7/8" bottom diameter; 1" top diameter CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cast...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified shooting star badge. WWII possibly European. The badge is a five-point star bearing a raised five-point star in the center with a nicely embellished 'trail'. VINTAGE: Circa WWII SIZE: Approximately 1-7/8" x...

ARTIFACT: Nice 1970's – 1980's French Navy Officer Superior Qualification Submariner badge. The badge is a ring with an upright dagger/sword through the center and a gilt plated submarine atop. VINTAGE: Circa 1970's –...

ARTIFACT: This is a monogrammed French shirt from the World War I Era. This shirt originally belonged to Edwin Charles Parsons, an experienced pilot from Massachusetts who was once in the Lafayette Escadrille, where he was credited with one victory...