Lot of 2 75mm FIELD GUN FRENCH WW1 1915 FIRST WORLD JOURNEE BADGE / WWI MEDAL
$ 4.76
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Lot of 2 75mm FIELD GUN FRENCH WW1 1915 FIRST WORLD JOURNEE BADGE / WWI MEDAL. The French 75 mm field gun is a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Canon de 75 mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze (French for "seventy-five"). For sale a lot of two first world war items, metalic badge and cardboard insigna issued in 1915 Obverse : first world war field gun & legend : "journée du 75 / 1914 1915" The French 75 mm field gun is a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. Its official French designation was: Canon de 75 mm Mle 1897. It was commonly known as the French 75, simply the 75 and Soixante-Quinze (French for "seventy-five"). The French 75 was designed as an anti-personnel weapon system for delivering large volumes of time-fused shrapnel shells on enemy troops advancing in the open. After 1915 and the onset of trench warfare, impact-detonated high-explosive shells prevailed. By 1918, the 75 became the main agents of delivery for toxic gas shells. Reverse : - Diameter : 32 mm or 1.25 inch. Thin stamped copper sheet. These WW1 "charity day" fundraising souvenirs (cardboard insignia, thin stamped medals, pin badges, more rarely bronze or silver medals) were sold during the Great War to raise money for a variety of causes : mainly supporting the troops fighting on the various fronts, supporting the war effort, supporting wounded soldiers (or having caught tuberculosis), soldier's widows, orphans, thanking allied countries, etc... During the first world war (1914-1918) and after the Victory until around 1920, numerous public collection days ("journée" in french language) were organized throughout France and its colonies to benefit soldiers, prisoners of war, orphans, disaster victims, the blind, for fight against tuberculosis, alcoholism, large families support, etc... During these national and local events, volunteer vendors offered passsersby small metal, cardboard or celluloid badges in exchange for a small donation. These modest items have been overlooked by collectors and have often disappeared. There were major national events, departments, cities, little towns and various private organizations who held their own collections throughout France, often offering simple flowers made of paper, celluloid or fabric and badge with or without any inscription. All these documents represent an indisputable value and represent a patriotic manifestation that would be called "conditioning" today but which, in this difficult period, was intended to maintain the morale of people on the home front and help sustain hope for Victory.
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