Hello all,
The following images stem from me meeting a French re-enactment group who had travelled over to the UK's largest Militaria/living history event that is held once a year a couple of years ago.
At first i had no idea what they were recreating, as the French military of the time used almost anything to arm and clothe it's troops, which lead to a very eclectic look to it's troops who were wearing a curious mix of French, British and US uniforms and equipment.
After conversations with my new found French friends, i found i was hooked on the period and began to collect what i could as a sideline to my main collecting interests.
This interest eventually lead onto another associated field, the later US involvement.
As a result, the collection is neither as definitive or as complete as i would like it to be....but i hope it will continue to grow.
This first set of images is really a re-shot compilation of items that were shown a few years ago. So apologies for the few who have seen them before!
To start we have an infantryman dressed in the standard lightweight combat fatigues, called "trellis de combat Mle 1947".
He also has a French shirt, US helmet, and some US webbing.
The US chute silk was a popular affectation and was worn as a scarf type garment.
The following images stem from me meeting a French re-enactment group who had travelled over to the UK's largest Militaria/living history event that is held once a year a couple of years ago.
At first i had no idea what they were recreating, as the French military of the time used almost anything to arm and clothe it's troops, which lead to a very eclectic look to it's troops who were wearing a curious mix of French, British and US uniforms and equipment.
After conversations with my new found French friends, i found i was hooked on the period and began to collect what i could as a sideline to my main collecting interests.
This interest eventually lead onto another associated field, the later US involvement.
As a result, the collection is neither as definitive or as complete as i would like it to be....but i hope it will continue to grow.
This first set of images is really a re-shot compilation of items that were shown a few years ago. So apologies for the few who have seen them before!
To start we have an infantryman dressed in the standard lightweight combat fatigues, called "trellis de combat Mle 1947".
He also has a French shirt, US helmet, and some US webbing.
The US chute silk was a popular affectation and was worn as a scarf type garment.
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