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THIS IS A **********************************************  Paratroops of the Légion Étrangère 1st Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment
was born on 1 July 1948 and embarked on the "Shepherd" October 24 at Mers
El-Kebir and arrived in Indochina on November 12 in Haiphong. On the 17 and 18 of September 1950, the battalion jumped at That Khe to rescue French forces in Cao Bang (Battle of RC4) and was almost destroyed during the fighting taking place around Khe Dong [2] and was dissolved on December 31. It Its losses included 21 officers, 46 NCOs and 420 legionaries whose commanding officer was the battalion commander Segrétain. Only a few survivors managed to reach the French lines, including the captain Jeanpierre, who would later, in Algeria, become the commanding officer of the 1st REP. 1st BEP was recreated 18 March 1951 from the remainder of the original battalion, along with reinforcements from the 2nd BEP and North Africa. The BEP then comprised 3 companies (CCB, 1st and 2nd Company) and Cipla (company Indochinese Foreign Legion paratrooper company-4e). A third company will be incorporated in November 1952.
On 1 September 1953 the 1st foreign company paratrooper heavy mortar (1st CEPML) was created from elements of the 1st and 2nd SEN. This unit was attached to the 1st BEP. 1st BEP was again annihilated on May 7, 1954 at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu: there were 316 killed at the end of fighting (not counting the prisoners who will not return from captivity). (I will post a link to a web site you MUST READ about the atrocities of the Vietnamese against French Soldiers and civilians, including woman and children!) The 2nd REP remains the only foreign regiment of paratroopers. The 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 1er Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes, 1er REP) was a Foreign Legion airborne unit of the French Army. It fought in the First Indochina War, Suez Crisis and Algerian War, but was disbanded after taking part in a putsch against the French government in 1961 First Indochina War *Battle of Route Coloniale 4 *Battle of Hoa Binh *Operation Lorraine *Battle of Na San *Operation Castor *Battle of Dien Bien Phu Algerian War Suez Crisis Decorations * Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures with 5 palms * Cameróne 1863[1] * Indochine 1949-1954 * AFN 1952-1962 YES!!! GSW/MWB DID
IT!!! AN ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE GIVEN TO A CANDIDATE TO WELCOME HIM INTO THE French Légion d'Honneur IN SEPTEMEBR OF Its details are filled out
in beautiful sepia-toned script and the document stamped with the raised seal of the
Légion.
LANCET
RESTORED DIAL IN PRE-RESTORED CASE FIRST THE TWO LANCET WATCHES ROCK RESTORED
LANGUISHED IN THE HUMID JUNGLES OF THEIR CHROME PLATED CASES WERE HORRIBLE. THE DIALS HAD BUT FAINT IMAGING TARNISHED SILVER RINGS
THE DIAL WAS RED LANCET WHITE DIAL OUTLINED RAISED LUME NUMERALS
THE HANDS ARE ORIGINAL LANCET HANDS THEY ARE STEEL AND A STEEL
THOUGH RADIUM IS OUTLAWED
AS FOR THE CASE RATHER THAN SANDING DOWN ALL THE
IMPERFECTIONS DOOMED TO DIE
SO, ROCK LIGHTLY UPPER CASE W/LUGS THEN THEN ELECTRO CLEANED THEN THEN
NOW OH!
THIS LANCET IS A VERY NICE SIZE
ATTACHED TO THIS AWESOME LANCET
THE STITCHING IS NYLON
SOLID STAINLESS STEEL
SUPER NICE WILL ALLOW THE LEATHER STRAP TO LAST
CASE BACK IS STAINLESS STEEL
FINISH SHOWS ATTENTION TO DETAIL
THIS IS A
AS 984 FEATURES FAMILY
8 MORE ITEMS ADDED THREE FRENCH LAPEL CRESTS
awarded to all French soldiers and sailors who served in the war. The law creating the medal was approved on June 23, 1920.
Diver Qualification Badge signed ARTHUS BERTRAND
FRENCH BERET BADGE
FRENCH MILITARY 34th ARTILLERY
During the
First Indochina War (1946–54), the Legion saw its numbers swell due to the
incorporation of Second World War veterans who couldn't adapt to civilian life. Even so,
although the Legion distinguished itself, it also took a heavy toll during the war:
constantly being deployed in operations, it even reached the point that whole units were
annihilated in combat, in what was a traditional Legion battlefield. Units of the Legion
were also involved in the defense of Dien Bien Phu and lost a large number of men in the
battle.
WOW
THIS FRENCH MARINE "CAP" BEGAN IT'S LIFE
AS A US AP OUTER CAP.
France, along with the United Kingdom, was one of the first participants in World War II after declaring war on Germany following its invasion of Poland in 1939. After the Phoney War from 1939 to 1940, the Germans conducted a brilliant campaign in the Low Countries and, in the Battle of France, managed to inflict defeat on the Allied forces. France formally surrendered to Germany and Italy—who invaded in late campaign—on 25 June 1940, and a collaborationist government, the French State, was established. On 18 June 1940, as an answer to Pétain's own June 17 appeal to "cease the fight" and to obey him on the French national radio, Charles de Gaulle gave a memorable speech to the French people on the English speaking London emitting BBC Radio, telling them that "France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war" (the battle of France and World War II respectively). De Gaulle did not recognize the legitimacy of the Vichy government and went on to found the Free France (La France Libre) as the true government of France. The number of Free French troops grew with Allied success in North Africa and subsequent rallying of the Army of Africa which pursued the fight against the Axis fighting in many campaigns and eventually invading Italy, occupied France and Germany from 1944 to 1945. On 23 October 1944, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union officially recognized de Gaulle's regime as the provisional government of France (GPRF) which replaced the in-exile French State (relocated at Sigmarigen, a short-living City State in western Germany) and preceded the Fourth Republic (1946). Recruitment in liberated France led to notable enlargements of the French armies. By the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, France had 1,250,000 troops, 10 divisions of which were fighting in Germany. An expeditionary corps was created to liberate French Indochina then occupied by the Japanese. During the course of the war, French military losses totaled 212,000 dead, of which 92,000 were killed through the end of the campaign of 1940, 58,000 from 1940 to 1945 in other campaigns, 24,000 lost while serving in the French resistance, and a further 38,000 lost while serving with the German Army. e Free French forces were drawn mostly from the French colonial empire, rather than from metropolitan France. French nationals from the tropical African colonies formed a large part of the forces at the beginning, as were nationals from French Algeria. Later, many combatants were drawn from the native populations of French colonies. Sixty-five percent were conscripts from French West Africa, primarily Senegal. Other contingents were natives of Morocco, Algeria, and Tahiti (the Tahitians served with particular distinction in the western Sahara). The Free French forces also included units of the Foreign Legion Cross of LorraineCapitaine de corvette Thierry d'Argenlieu suggested the adoption of the Cross of Lorraine as a symbol of the Free French, both to recall the perseverance of Joan of Arc, whose symbol it had been, and as an answer to the Nazi swastika. In his general order ? 2 of 3 July 1940, Vice Admiral Émile Muselier, two days after assuming the post of chief of the naval and air forces of the Free French, created the bow flag displaying the French colors with a red cross of Lorraine, and a cockade, which also featured the cross of Lorraine
***********************  On 16 September, five Viet Minh infantry and one heavy weapons battalions
attacked Dong Khé. It was then garrisoned by some 300 French troops comprising the 5th
and 6th companies of the 2nd battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the French Foreign Legion
(3rd REI). On 18 September, the fort was overrun after bitter fighting, and only 12
survivors escaped to the nearby post at That Khé. 140 Legionnaires had been taken
prisoner, the remainder being killed or missing in action.
CROIX
du GUERRE T.O.E.
*********************** Meanwhile Colonel Charton's group, led by the 3rd Battalion of 3rd REI, left Cao Bang on 1 October; contrary to orders he took with him his heavy equipment. The group's movement down RC4 was slowed by Viet Minh ambushes. After bitter fighting, they finally abandoned their heavy equipment and linked up with Groupement Bayard in the hills around Dong Khé on 5 October.
UNCUT FRENCH M.1886 BAYONET The French forces were driven into the Coc Xa gorge, where they were
completely annihilated by 7 October. Martin Windrow notes that: Some 130 of the Legion
parachute battalion out of the 500 that had jumped emerged from this breakthrough fight;
they had only escaped by clambering down lianas shrouding a 75 ft cliff with their wounded
tied on their backs.
UNCUT FRENCH M.1886 BAYONET 
BINOCULARS CROIX DU GUERRE T.O.E. CROIX DU GUERRE T.O.E. (O/seas Operations War Cross) w/2 silver stars 
1949-55. 2 Piece badge. Hashmarked
1953-54
Hashmarked
Reversee
INDOCHINA
OFFICER
1950-55
TWO
SHOULDER BOARDS
TWO COLLAR GORGET    
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