FFI armband

FFI armbands (French Interior Forces).

To choose from:

Model 1: regulatory armband parachuted into the great maquis of the South-West by the Special Services of Algiers.

Adopted in May or June 1944, its general appearance takes up the flag of the FNFL (Free French Naval Forces): blue on the left side, red on the right and in its center a cross of Lorraine on a white rhombus.

Cut from an old cotton linen, partly dyed in blue and red. The cross of Lorraine is black painted on a same cotton linen rhombus.
Black rectangular 2-pin buckle resembling the original model.

Dimensions: 40 x 11 cm.

Model 2: armband with a death's head, crossed by two tibias.
End of World War II (1944).
Worn on the upper part of the greatcoat sleeve.

Black background wool.
Lining: identical bottom wool.

Death's head insignia, crossed by two tibias.
Black buckle almost identical to that of the presentation model (original buckle if possible).

Dimensions: 47 x 9 cm.