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Bon pour 10 francs de denrées alimentaires - Noël du Maréchal
| Issuer | Secours National |
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| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents the francisque gallique — the Vichy regime's axe emblem — rendered in tricolour, flanked on each side by a sprig of holly with red berries. A ribbon cartouche curves around the upper portion of the axe. The fine hatched guilloche underprint covers the entire field. |
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| Obverse lettering | SECOURS NATIONAL LA FAMILLE DU PRISONNIER DE GUERRE NOËL DU MARÉCHAL BON POUR 10 FRANCS DE DENRÉES ALIMENTAIRES A UTILISER AVANT LE 5 JANVIER 1943 |
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The Secours National was a French relief organization that, under Vichy, was restructured in 1940 into a quasi-official charity under Pétain's direct patronage — a deliberate instrument of the regime's welfare propaganda. This food voucher, issued for Christmas 1942, was distributed as part of the "Noël du Maréchal" initiative, in which Pétain's personal association with seasonal charity was explicitly cultivated to reinforce loyalty during a period of severe rationing and occupation hardship.
The 10-franc denomination was redeemable for foodstuffs, not currency — making this a scrip instrument rather than a banknote proper. Its survival rate is relatively high given its commemorative nature; recipients were more likely to retain it than spend it.