Seriously, all the insignia collectors here and nobody else has even heard of these?

Hey all, I’ve been contemplating what to do with this as I recently did this helmet up as a nice display piece for my self and me only. But I was curious what some more experienced helmet collectors thought of it and how it actually looked accuracy wise. I based it off of period pictures of raiders in the Russel Islands and of the example that @ArchangelDM owns (which is BEAUTIFUL) When doing this it was going to be a sort of joke/ experiment if you can call it that. I was going to post it and see what people thought make up a random out of the woodwork story to show how simple it is for real Fakers to make stuff up too try to fool others and how easy it is for them to just go on the internet find a raider or other marine, write in a phony name make some sort of story to provide and Iron clad chain of custody how he found etc. plus some other small items to really sell it. But then I decided that I didn’t want to get kicked off for someone not necessarily understanding that I am not trying to fool anyone before I pulled the plug and called it. Anyways. I hope ya’ll enjoy, really took some work to find all the parts to go into this and weather it and stuff. Hope someone might enjoy as it is the closet I will ever get to a real one 🤣 enjoy!   Gear Fan

Those knives, tunnnel lamps, and sapper necklaces are all bogus—-if u message him about any you will get a great capture story .  He sold a pair of captured “vc handcuffs” a while back that turned out to be modern landscape tree ties—he forgot to scrub the manufacturer label off!.  

Incredible…and sobering. 

I tried looking on Amazon too, didn't really see a retail style display case I liked. I have still be trying to looking for one. Im trying to hold myself back from spending $600 but that seems to be the only option for a retail display case. I gave up on Facebook marketplace it feels more like a scam then a marketplace. Either they have what you're looking for but they won't respond or they will agree to hold it for you, then out of nowhere they sell it to someone else. But, maybe it's not as bad as I think and I have just been having bad experiences. I'll have to check Amazon again, it has been awhile since I scrolled through Amazon. My only problem with Amazon, lately it seems the future on Amazon has been getting worse in quality. All the modern Amazon furniture feels like plastic but maybe I'm just looking at the wrong Amazon sellers.

opseccc, Impressive detective work. You leave no stone unturned.  Learned quite a bit from this thread. 

Well...in 40 years of collecting , I've NEVER seen any of these patches...in any reference books for the Free French insignas. Any the units of the "afrique Française Libre" were  Batalions ( bataillons de marche"), not regiments. The units have very well documented metal badges. I really doubt these patchs were made for any french units. The Afrique Française Libre was a provisory goverment ("Haut Commisariat") , not a political party.

Memorial Day 2025. Remember and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country.

Spanish War Veterans Badge. I don't believe there is a registry where numbers can be researched.

It's suppose to have an American flag attached, which I have but it is in rough condition. Thanks for taking a look.