Franco-American War Veterans

[KevinBeyer]

FRANCO-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS

'In March 1932 seven French veterans of World War I met for the purpose of formulating plans to organize a Veteran’s organization for veterans of French decent. These men were joined by other French veterans and met until September 1932. When they declared themselves associated together as “La Légion Franco-Americaine des Etats-Unis d’Amérique”. From September 1932 this group of Franco-American War Veterans continued to gather names of individuals who would ultimately sign the charter and become incorporators of the organization. In early 1933, one hundred forty-four incorporators, who we call our chartered members, requested the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to grant them corporate status. On the 16th day of May 1933 corporate status was granted to the organization retroactive to March 22, 1933. The corporation’s legal name was “La légion Franco-Américaine des Etats-Unis d’Amérique”.

In 1949 the Organization changed its name to the present “Franco American War Veterans, Inc.” With English being the official language of all government agencies within the United States of America, it also supplanted French as the official language of this organization. However, any member has the privilege, at all times, to express himself in French.'

 

[SARGE]

What a neat badge. I was unaware of this veteran organization until you posted this.

[KevinBeyer]

In the intervening six years since I posted about the Franco-American War Veterans, I have not seen another badge from this organization appear online.  I recently found for sale on a large online auction website an officer's badge for the organization's Ladies Auxiliary.   

 

Given that the Franco-American War Veterans are local to the North Eastern states, their membership is most likely quite small.  To that end, their ladies auxiliary must be even smaller.  I am curious to know if there are any varieties to either organization's suspension bar.

 

Does anyone have any other examples from either of these two organizations?