Free French Forces (1940-1944)

Forces françaises libres (FFL)

Last modified: 2005-04-02 by ivan sache
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• Flag hoisted over the training center of the Free French Forces in England
• Personal flag of Captain Hemir Mezan

See also:

• France
• Free France
• France: Free French Naval Forces (1940-1944)
• France: Anti-German resistance groups (1940-1944)
• The cross of Lorraine

Flag hoisted over the training center of the Free French Forces in England

by Ivan Sache

The flag is similar to the ensign of the FNFL, but with proportion 1:2 (1.30 m x 2.60 m). It was manufactured in England. The flag is now preserved in the Célestins barracks of the Republican Guard in Paris.

Source: L. Philippe, Franciae Vexilla [frv] #14/60 (1999)

Ivan Sache, 4 June 1999

Personal flag of Captain Hemir Mezan

by Ivan Sache

Captain Mezan was one of the several foreigners who fought and died for the Free France. The flag was given to the Liberation Order Museum by the widow of the Captain, who had died in combat in Italy.

Mezan's flag is a triangular red flag with a white vertical stripe along the hoist, and a blue emblem made of a blue crescent superimposed to a blue cross of Lorraine.

Source: L. Philippe, Franciae Vexilla [frv] #14/60 (1999)

Ivan Sache, 4 June 1999