Poster: "Delivery of Flags and Pennants from the French Legion of Combatants in North Africa", J. Carbonel, Algeria (1941)
This Vichy French propaganda poster was made to support the Légion française des combattants (LFC), resulting from the merger of all veterans associations in Pétain-controlled territory.
The missions assigned to the Legion are:
* To group together all veterans, in the service of the country
* To organize mutual assistance
* To ensure the collaboration of veterans in the work of public authorities
Within the LFC, Joseph Darnand set up departmental services d'ordre (S.O.) in the summer of 1941, in particular in the Alpes-Maritimes, Haute-Savoie and Haute-Garonne. The Service d'Ordre Légionnaire (SOL) was officially created on January 12, 1942. The SOL became the Milice Française in January 1943.
This Vichy French propaganda poster was made to support the Légion française des combattants (LFC), resulting from the merger of all veterans associations in Pétain-controlled territory.
The missions assigned to the Legion are:
* To group together all veterans, in the service of the country
* To organize mutual assistance
* To ensure the collaboration of veterans in the work of public authorities
Within the LFC, Joseph Darnand set up departmental services d'ordre (S.O.) in the summer of 1941, in particular in the Alpes-Maritimes, Haute-Savoie and Haute-Garonne. The Service d'Ordre Légionnaire (SOL) was officially created on January 12, 1942. The SOL became the Milice Française in January 1943.