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10 francs
| Issuer | Secours National |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Value | 10 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Light blue guilloche border frames the design. An oval intaglio portrait vignette of Marshal Philippe Pétain occupies the lower left, while the central vignette shows two women with several children walking in an open landscape. Denomination and charity inscription appear in large letterpress text across the upper portion. |
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| Reverse lettering | CE BON N'A AUCUNE VALEUR MONÉTAIRE. Il ne représente pas de capital , il ne rapporte pas d'intérêt. De vastes régions françaises subissent les effets de bombardements . En achetant ce bon , vous procurez un jour de repos en lieu sûr à un enfant évacué . Plus vous souscrirez de bons de solidarité , plus vous protégerez l'enfance des tragiques conséquences de la guerre . SECOURS NATIONAL CROIX-ROUGE COMITÉ NATIONAL FRANÇAISE D'ENTR'AIDE AUX PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE Tout bon détaché de sa souche ne pourra plus être vendu . DISTRIBUÉ DANS LE DÉPARTEMENT DE LA SEINE PAR L'ENTR'AIDE D'HIVER DU MARÉCHAL , SECTION PARISIENNE DU SECOURS NATIONAL 10 |
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Secours National was a French relief organization that predated the war but was restructured under Vichy in October 1940 into a state-supervised charity, given semi-official status and tasked with coordinating welfare for refugees, bombed-out populations, and prisoners' families. These 10 franc vouchers were issued not as legal tender but as a fundraising and aid-distribution mechanism — donors could purchase them and pass them to those in need, who could then exchange them for goods through approved channels.
The Vichy government's enthusiastic backing of Secours National was partly pragmatic, partly propagandistic. It fit neatly into the Révolution nationale's rhetoric of communal sacrifice and traditional French values.