Militaria
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Lot 4512 Session 13 (2.30pm Thur 25 Nov) Militaria
Estimate $250
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FRENCH FORCES IN LEVANT, photo album, cover with title, 'Tiloche / Souvenir du Levant / 1937' and three drawings, including a Marine badge, large eight pointed star design on back cover, inside black and white photos (143) depicting military life, tourist sites and local life at the time. Very fine.
After the fall of France the forces in the Levant sided with the Vichy Government. In 1941 the British Commonwealth, Free French and other Allied forces launched 'Operation Exporter', the Syria-Lebanon Campaign, attacking the Army of the Levant. This album was purportedly captured by an Australian in Lebanon.
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