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14 Rue Magellan
Paris, France
Type: Other
Status: Closed
Open: 1944-45 ?, Close: 01.1946

L´Armorial Club , also called Armorial Officer´s Club or Allied Forces Night Club, was a night club with gambling, operated and managed by civilians .Settled at Rue Magellan 14 where was formerly the Cinema Washington Palace which closed in 1936. According the magazine The Billboard 03.30.1946 : “ Jim Witteried boasts of being the largest night club, dance hall and bar in the world…. Witteried, during May 1945, according to a army citation, organized the following clubs: Colisseum G.I. Night Club…., G.I. Tower Club, ARMORIAL OFFICER´S CLUB…, and Prado Officers Club.. Clubs drew about 8000 G.I.´s and officers nightly against a seating capacity of 4000, calling for a double turnover every night…Due to the deployment, three of these clubs were closed in December, 1945, and January,1946.The Coliseum G.I.club is still running. Clubs were operated and managed exclusively by civilians without any subsidies from the U.S. Army and were strictely for G.I.´s and their guests.”
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Casino Money
Jetons - Older Currency (2) [QuickView]
CG140247 Obsolete
Denom: 5
Added: 2015-03-07
Last Update: 2021-05-21
Color: Red

5 FRF
Image
Needed
CG155296 Obsolete
Denom: 100
Added: 2016-01-06
Last Update: 2021-05-21
Color: Blue

100 FRF
Plaques - Older Currency (2) [QuickView]
CG151990 Obsolete
Denom: 1000
Added: 2015-10-23
Last Update: 2021-05-21
Color: Red
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal

1000 FRF
CG224576 Obsolete
Denom: 5000
Added: 2019-06-01
Last Update: 2021-05-21
Color: Orange
Contributed by: John Benedict

5000 FRF
Casino Collectibles
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CG159904
Added: 2016-04-02
Last Update: 2016-04-02

poster - Marquès 1944 ?
CG159905
Added: 2016-04-02
Last Update: 2016-04-02
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal

New from Bilboard Magazine March 30 1946
CG159906
Added: 2016-04-02
Last Update: 2016-04-02
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal

Coliseum G.I.night club.Pic from www.gallica.fr ( Blibliotheque National de France)
CG159973
Added: 2016-04-02
Last Update: 2016-04-02
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal

Coliseum night club.www.nmaj.org
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