France WW2 Badge ORA Resistance Organization of the Army LOW Numbered

France: WW2 "O.R.A." insignia - badge, for the 
members of the Resistance Organization of the 
Army. 
Low numbered: "95" on the reverse.
The Organisation de Resistance de l'Armee - 
O.R.A. (Resistance Organization of the Army) 
was created on 31 Jan. 1943, following the Nov. 
1942 German invasion of the French Zone 
Libre, as an apolitical organization of the 
former French military personnel in pursuit of 
active resistance against the Germans, but 
rejecting Charles de Gaulle.
The ORA was founded by General Aubert Frere, 
president of the tribunal which had condemned 
de Gaulle to death in August 1940. 
Frere was arrested in 1943 and died in Struthof 
on 13 Jun. 1944.
In 01 Feb. 1944, the ORA amalgamated with the
AS- "Secret Army" (Armee Secrete) and the 
FTP-"Snipers and Partisans" (Francs-Tireurs 
et Partisans) to form the FFI (French Forces 
of the Interior).
The badge is scarce as ORA is estimated to 
have less than 2500 members in total.

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WW2 1939 - 1945

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