This listing is for a genuine French vitreous enamel on sheet steel street sign. Displayed on the road in question and removed due to replacement, renaming, redevelopment or roadwork.
10" x 18" or 25cm x 45cm.
The white enamel is in relief - excellent definition.
This sign was made in 1970s and is from Lille.
Retired from the regular army and then recalled in 1939. Appointed in 1943 by de Gaulle as Commander of the French Resistance. Arrested by the Gestapo on 9 June 1943 and interrogated by Klaus Barbie. Finally deported to Dachau concentration camp and executed on 19 April 1945, days before the end of the war.
The word Resistance can be made from letters in his name ...
Significant savings on combined shipping.