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Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Postage Stamp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Blue stamp of soldiers saluting and carrying flags.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A stamp from 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. Philippe Pétain, head of state of Vichy France, personally disapproved of Frenchmen wearing German uniforms and never went beyond individual and informal words of support to some specific officers. The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism volunteered to fight against the USSR on the Eastern Front. It was officially known to the Germans …

Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Postage Stamp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Red stamp of soldiers on horses.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: A stamp from 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. Philippe Pétain, head of state of Vichy France, personally disapproved of Frenchmen wearing German uniforms and never went beyond individual and informal words of support to some specific officers. The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism volunteered to fight against the USSR on the Eastern Front. It was officially known to the Germans as Infantry …

Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Postage Stamp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Green stamp depicting two soldiers firing a cannon.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

A stamp from 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. Philippe Pétain, head of state of Vichy France, personally disapproved of Frenchmen wearing German uniforms and never went beyond individual and informal words of support to some specific officers. The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism volunteered to fight against the USSR on the Eastern Front. It was officially known to the Germans …

Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Black stamp of a soldier and a tank.

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 …

Legion Of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism Postage Stamp

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

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 …