1419 - Collection from the 2nd Armored Division, 1st RSM. A collection of items that belonged to cavalryman Albert ALTFELD of the 5th Squadron of the 1st Marching Regiment of the Moroccan Spahis of the 2nd Armored Division. Private Altfeld enlisted in the Free French Forces in North Africa on October 31, 1943, after having been interned in Spain. The collection includes his 2nd Armored Division insignia, a numbered enameled metal badge (No. 34); his Free French insignia (a smaller enameled metal badge); his 1st RMSM insignia, manufactured by Mellrio; his embroidered arm patch made of cannetille; an excerpt from his personal service record; three photographs, including one taken in Charentes on April 15, 1945. His individual service record book, containing his demobilization form, his validation certificate, and a torn information sheet, also notes in the record the award of the Croix de Guerre with a bronze star. Various documents, personal identification record, citation in the regiment’s order of the day, certificate for the Medal of Escapees, certificate for the Volunteer Combatant’s Cross 1939–1945, registration certificate for the Military Medal, six veterans’ cards, and various postwar documents. His 1st RSM police cap, made of fine madder-red cloth with a civilian fabric lining, an enamel plaque from the City of Paris, and a few postwar mementos. A General Leclerc commemorative medal, as well as a postcard and a framed portrait bearing the stamp of the 2nd Armored Division veterans on the back. Collection belonging to cavalryman Albert Altfeld of the 5th Squadron, 1st Moroccan Spahis March Regiment, 2nd Armored Division. Altfeld joined Free France in North Africa on October 31, 1943, after being interned in Spain. Includes his numbered enamel 2nd Armored Division badge (34), a miniature Free France badge, a Mellrio-made regimental badge, a bullion-embroidered sleeve diamond, an extract from his service booklet, and three photographs, one taken in Charente on April 15, 1945. His service booklet, demobilization form, validation certificate, and a torn information sheet are included; the booklet records an award of the Croix de Guerre with bronze star. Additional documents include service records, a regimental citation, an Escapees Medal certificate, a 1939–45 Volunteer Combatant’s Cross certificate, a Military Medal registration certificate, six veteran cards, and postwar papers. Also included are his regimental side cap made of fine madder-red cloth, an enamel plaque of Paris, postwar souvenirs, a General Leclerc commemorative medal, a postcard, and a framed portrait stamped on the back by the 2nd Armored Division Veterans’ Association.