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ARTIFACT:
This is an early World War I AFFW American Fund for French Wounded donation fob. The fob is shaped like a Maltese cross and at center shows a rooster and the American and French flags, crossed. The front of the fob reads VIVE LA FRANCE, and the reverse reads THE AMERICAN FUND FOR FRENCH WOUNDED.
According to Wikipedia: The AFFW was formed in Paris in the autumn of 1915 by members of the Paris Depot of the London - based French Wounded Emergency Fund who sought autonomy from the London leadership in order to concentrate on providing aid to the French war effort. Isabel Stevens Lathrop was a founder and president of the AFFW and chaired the organization's Paris depot. Letters written by Lathrop to a donor during her Paris work are in the American Fund for French Wounded collection, Yale University Library.
Anne Morgan served as the AFFW's United States-based Treasurer and Anne Murray Dike, Chairman of the AFFW's Civilian Committee.
The original work of the AFFW was confined to sending supplies to emergency hospitals in France and later expanded to re-establishing the destroyed communities of the region. The AFFW ran a women's volunteer motor corps out of Paris that carried supplies to hospitals throughout France and created temporary depots in small villages. Drivers usually performed their own maintenance work. Volunteers in the Civilian Committee lived in or near villages in northern France, making structural repairs, replanting fields, and delivering provisions and supplies. The first unit formed by the AFFW for civilian work were placed by General Petain at Blerancourt in the Aisne, in July, 1917. Ten American women settled amongst the ruins of the town and organized a community center which included the supervision of twenty-five villages.
Notable Volunteers Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas volunteered for the organization, driving a truck to deliver supplies to hospitals in the south of France.
VINTAGE:
World War I, Circa 1915 - 1916.
SIZE:
Approximately: 1-5/16" in height x 1-3/16" in width.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Gold-plated brass with red, white and blue enamel.
ATTACHMENT:
Loop for attachment to watch chain.
MARKINGS:
N/A.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a medical/humanitarian collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VCEX11 LBCEX02/10/25
CONDITION:
8 (Excellent-): Fob shows minor wear and tarnish especially around the gold frame, but enamel detail remains intact. Overall, it is in excellent condition.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
