France WWII Beret Cap Badge for Officers 203rd RRP Regional Protection Regiment "Atterrir C'Est Perir" by Fraisse Demey

France: WW2 officer's cap badge of the 203rd
Regional Protection Regiment.
Scarce, gilt example for Officers, signed by 
Fraisse Demey, Paris on the reverse.
The Regional Regiments were reserve regiments 
of the French Army, formed of elderly soldiers 
and poorly equipped with WW1 material. 
The regiments were mobilized in 1938 during the 
Sudetenland Crisis and were responsible for 
guarding the rear lines. However, following the 
German breakthrough during the Battle of France 
in May 1940 the regional troops found themselves 
on the front line.
The 203rd Regional Protection Regiment under 
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Michau was
responsible for the Nancy, Toul, Sarrebourg, 
Château-Salins area.
It was a light Infantry Regiment, equipped with a 
section of obsolete FT tanks. 
Following the collapse of the French defense the 
Regiment withdrawn to Tournon-d'Agenais.

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WW2 1939 - 1945

Item 100% original

Condition as in the photos

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