Antique French Brass Military Skittle Large French Military Service Award

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Details ID: 138

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Acquired from a house sale in Fontette, in the southern Champagne region. This was apparently presented to the father of the seller on his discharge from the French army.

In France, there is a tradition started in the 1930s of presenting a skittle or bowling pin to a soldier or sailor when his military service is completed. This is known in French as " Prendre La Quille&quot.

The old skittles were often painted in the colours of the soldier's regiment and he would keep this memento as a souvenir of his national service.

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Stapleford, Nottinghamshire

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