Code: 22039
WW2 1944/45 Original Attributed Belgium Resistance Armband Vilvoorde.
A extremely rare attributed example worn by Belgium Resistance fighter Desutter Robert of the town of Vilvoorde.
White cotton, printed in colour with a National Belgium colours and number 2837. The reverse is written in ink:
DESUTTER ROBERT
DUCHEHOF 67
VILVOORDE
BELGIUM
TO WILLIAM BALDIE
Robert
25-2-45”
Retaining original pin rusted in place Some storage age wear.
Vilvoorde was liberated by the British in 1944, and was administered by a joint British and Belgian municipality, with temporary British and Belgian Mayors.