Product code: Chevaliere Croix de lorraine outlet 1franc 1942 (2.5cm high) or 50cts 1942 (2cm high)
Knight coin made from a 50cts or 1 franc coin from 1942
[Front = Cross of Lorraine and the outlet French motto "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité"
Registration = HONOR FREEDOM· EQUALITY HOMELAND· FRATERNITY· 1 Fc C.L.S 1942
Back = Rooster on the left and the initials of the French Republic
Registration = RF MADAGASCAR]
"It was Vice-Admiral Émile Muselier, on July 1, 1940, on an idea of Lieutenant Commander Thierry d'Argenlieu, who proposed to use the cross of Lorraine as an emblem of the free France. This cross would be opposed to the Nazi swastika."