WW2 FREE FRENCH SCROLLS & BADGE

Unusual WW2 Free French Certificate & Badge
With two associated letters in posting tube
Certificate, letters and scroll all named to -

Mrs N Rhodes of -

43 Queen Mary Avenue
Bournemouth
Hampshire
“Angleterre “

The cardboard postal tube addressed as above
Was posted from France in 1948

Continents as follows
A 1942 dater letter from -
The Association of Friends of Free French Volunteers
Thanking Mrs Rhodes for -
A pair of gloves and two scarves she supplied
Also thanking her with her involvement with the WVS
The Countess of Malmesbury / knitting or prisoners

A Scroll issued by the Association of Free French
With covering letter
On behalf of General de Gaulle
Awarding Mrs Rhodes the- “Diploma of Gratitude”
Given to foreigners who actively helped France
“in difficult times”

An interesting “Home Front “ grouping
Who exactly was Mrs Rhodes .
My guess someone big in the WVS
She obviously courted the Free French
Worthy of full research without a doubt

Code: 51682