France Badge Paris Republican Guard 1954 1978 by Drago on Leather Fob

FRANCE: Badge of the Paris Republican Guard, 
1954-1978.
Official type by Drago of Paris, marked H696 on
the reverse.
On leather fob.

The French Republican Guard was initially formed 
in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte.
It took part in both World Wars and the Colonial
Wars in North Africa and Indochina.
In 1954, the Republican Guard split into two 
separate branches: the Mobile Gendarmerie and 
the Paris Republican Guard.
In 1978, the Paris Republican Guard resumed its 
former name of "Republican Guard" and in the 
same time adopted a new form of Coat of Arms. 

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1954-1978

Item 100% original

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