Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Postage Stamp

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.28a

Object Name

Stamp, Postage

Files

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Description

Purple stamp of a soldier looking through binoculars.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A stamp commemorating the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (Légion des Volontaires Français Contre le Bolchévisme). The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism was a collaborationist French militia founded July 8, 1941. It was officially known to the Germans as Infantry Regiment (Infanteriereregiment) 638. It had no formal link with the Vichy regime, even though it was recognized as an "association of public usefulness" by Pierre Laval's government in February 1943. Philippe Pétain, head of state of Vichy France, personally disapproved of Frenchmen wearing German uniforms. The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism volunteered to fight against the USSR on the Eastern Front.

Dimensions

1 x 1 1/2''

Keywords

stamps, Bolshevism, Legion des volontaires francais contre le bolchevisme, Marcel Bucard's Mouvement, Franciste, Marcel Deat's National Popular Rally, Jacques Doriot's French Populary Party, Eugene Deloncle's Social Revolutionary Movement, Pierre Clementi's National Collectivist French party, Pierre Constantini's French league, Infantry, Regiment, Infanteriereregiment, Marcel Bucard, Marcel Deat, Jacques Doriot, Eugene Deloncle, Pierre Clementi, Pierre Constantini, Pierre Laval, Philippe Petain

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Postage Stamp" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.28a.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/688