The 'République' cachet is of 'Le Vaguemestre [Post Orderly] '2 Battalion de Manche de Normandie' which enables the senders unit 2eme B. M. N. to be identified. Camp de Roule' was also known as 'Fort du Roule' the principal arsenal. This was presumably a unit of the Maquis! - the French resistance movement which became 'Les Forces Français de l'Interieur F. F. I.