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Maginot Line Button or Badge
Firstly, I want to thank everybody who got in touch with
information about this find, and for their patience in waiting
for me to get around to updating this part of the site
:-)
The above badge or button originally appeared on the
finds for identification page with the following
caption: 'Part
of a white metal badge or button, some blue
enamelling remaining. Appears to show a heavy gun or
artillery piece within a fortification of some kind,
age, origin and significance unknown.' The
badge is probably made from aluminium.
The badge/button has been identified by several readers as
commemorative piece relating to the construction or defence
of the
Maginot Line, a system of defences and fortifications
built by the French between 1930 and 1939 to safeguard
France's border with Germany.
The motto on the button/badge reads 'On ne passe pas'
or 'They shall not pass.'
Above: The back of the Maginot Line badge/button
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