France WW2 Maginot Line Beret Cap Badge for Officers by Artus Bertrand

France: WW2 cap badge of the Maginot Line 
troops.
Rare, gilt example for Officers, signed by 
Artus Bertrand on the reverse.
The Maginot Line, named after the French 
Minister of War Andre Maginot, was a line of 
concrete fortifications, obstacles and 
weapon installations that France constructed 
on its borders with Switzerland, Germany 
and Luxembourg during the 1930s. 
The German invasion plan of 1940 was 
designed to deal with that specific defense 
Line.
A decoy force was deployed opposite the 
Maginot Line, while a second Army Group 
violated the neutrality of Belgium, 
Luxembourg and the Netherlands and 
through the Ardennes Forest, avoided a 
direct assault on the fortifications, took the 
Franco-British by surprise and forced the 
rapid collapse of the Allied defense in 
France. 

FULL SIZE

WW2 1939 - 1945

Item 100% original

Condition as on the photos

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