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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RinTinTin, post: 429064, member: 4124&quot;]The two pins on the left might be French. But that cross that can also be found outside France.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cross of Lorraine</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In France, the Cross of Lorraine was the symbol of Free France during World War II, the liberation of France from Nazi Germany, and Gaullism and includes several variations of a two barred cross.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Cross was displayed on the flags of Free French warships, and the fuselages of Free French aircraft. The medal of the Order of Liberation bears the Cross of Lorraine.</p><p><br /></p><p>De Gaulle himself is memorialised by a 43-metre (141 ft) high Cross of Lorraine in his home village of Colombey-les-Deux-Églises. The Cross of Lorraine was later adopted by Gaullist political groups such as the Rally for the Republic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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