France French Military Aviation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a badge for the French helicopter carrier the "Resolution" (insigne pour porte-hélicoptère "La Resolue"). The name given to La Resolue was changed upon commissioning in 1964 to Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) or just...

ARTIFACT: This is a locally-made 1950s Air Extreme Orient badge in cast brass. The badge is a Shiva-like figure with wings perched upon an anchor that read AIR EXTREME ORIENT. Ceci est un insigne fabriqués localement en laiton coulé circa 1950 pour...

ARTIFACT: This is a locally-made 1950s badge for the French Staff of the Air Indochina. The badge is a Shiva-like figure with wings perched upon an anchor that reads AIR EO. Ceci est un badge 1950 circa de fabrication locale pour l'Etat-Major de l'Air en...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s badge for the French Staff of the Air Indochina by Drago. The badge is a Shiva-like figure with wings perched upon an anchor that reads AIR EO. Ceci est un badge 1950 circa pour l'Etat-Major de l'Air en Indochine. Le badge est...

ARTIFACT: This is a French Army parachutist pre-military (school) badge, or brevet Preparation Militaire Parachutiste‏, by Arthus Bertrand. The badge is a golden sword behind a parachute and nicely enameled blue, white and red rings. It reads...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950s pin for the French AIR Military Preparation at the Brétigny-sur-Orge Air Base. Ceci c'est un insigne pour Preparation Militaire AIR a la Base Aérienne Brétigny-sur-Orge circa fin des années 1950. VINTAGE: Circa late...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1952 Station Radar de Campagne 25-953 Hassi Messaoud (Field Radar Station 25-953, Hassi Messaoud, Algeria) badge. The badge is by Augis, and has a gorgeously enameled scorpion clutching a plane, all superimposed upon a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1940s French Grenoble Aviation Cadet Training wing with an appropriate illustration of a chick hatching from an egg. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s. SIZE: About 2-3/8" in width by 7/8" in height (60mm by 22mm). CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s numbered badge for Air Extreme Orient by Augis of Lyon, France. The badge shows a chimera-like creature with red and light blue enameled details. C'est une fin des années 1940 numérotés badge pour le Commandement de l'Air...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s badge for the Air Command Far East by Augis. The badge shows a chimera-like creature with red and light blue enameled details. C'est une fin des années 1940 badge pour le Commandement de l'Air Extrême-Orient par Augis. Le...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare and beautiful French Air Force 259th Observer Squadron badge from the 1920s. The badge is a slender ring supporting a winged insect who holding two periscopes to his eyes. The insect is enameled in vibrant red and orange-yellow...

ARTIFACT: This is a French badge for the DCA-DAT (Defence Against Aircraft - Air Defence of the Territory), an anti-aircraft artillery group formed in Tunisia in 194The badge was made locally in Tunisia and shows an eagle upon a crescent with two upward...