18-07-1914 Marokko J. v.d. Velde

Marokko, 14 juli 1910 Taourirt Het was me een feestdag, die 14 Juli, daar op de graven onzer gesneuvelde kameraden!En nu volgden nog de noodzakelijke operaties welke de dokter uitvoerde. Armen, benen en verdere lichaamsdelen dwaalden overal rond waar de dokter met zijn helpers passeerde. Hier knarste de zaag in het been van een, die


1910 Affaire de Moul-el-Bacha, Decorations

1er rég. étranger

Haberthur, soldat de 1re classe ;
8 ans de services, 8 campagnes, 2 blessures :
belle conduite à l’affaire de Moul-el-Bacha (12 juillet 1910) où il a reçu deux blessures,
dont l’une a occasionné la cécité complète.


27-06-1914 & 11-07-1914, Marokko, J. v.d. Velde

Het gevecht bij Moul el Bacha 12 juli 1910 Al vaker besteedde ik in een post aandacht aan de uit Nederland afkomstige legionair J. v.d. Velde die aan het begin van de 20e eeuw veel brieven schreef aan kranten over zijn tijd in het Vreemdelingenlegioen. Zie bijvoorbeeld deze uit de serie “Marokko” van 20 juni


1924, 29 Mai Vue Aerienne “Camp Nord de Kasbah Tadla”

On the 29th of Mai 1924 an aircraft the 6 Escadrille flown bij Pilote Lieutenant Lassene flew over Kasbah Tadla in Morocco. On bord was a passenger Mr. Flandrin. We knew this because aerial photographs were taken during the event.What makes one these photographs interesting is the fact that the location of the cantonnement of


1941 – 1942 Letters from Senegal 4 DBLE

During the Second World War a soldier of the French Foreign Legion serving with the 4e DBLE sent letters to: H. Hasinger who had as address: 48 Avenue Gambetta Graulhet (Tarn) France. The handwriting of this soldier is not one of easiest to read so it took me some time to decipher the above.The same


1961 2REI M8 838662 and Venus

Photograph taken in 1961 in Ain Sefra of two M8 automitrailleuses on parade. Unit 2e REI.Registration number of the M8 in front is 838662.Of the other only the name “Venus” is visible.Part of a serie of photographs taken during the same parade within an album of a German legionnaire.


Where are the other letters of Capitaine Brinon ?

Saint Louis Senegal, 26th of December 1941,an Officer of the Foreign Legion wrote to his wife far away in Nice France: “Christmas past well. Each Legionnaire received his part.All of them got a bottle of wine which is very difficult to get here.At the company we set up a Christmas tree…” The officer is Capitaine


1914 est, Conrade De ALIANTORA an artistic légionnaire

The illustration shown below was made using both water colour and inkt was painted and drawn on a French military postcard, more specific a Carte en Franchise Modèle A2.These cards were almost blank on one side, besides some small print. It depicts an accentuated landscape with a Ksar in the middle and in the front


1942 Versteege, Josef Brevet de Chef de Section

TROUPES DU GROUPEde l’A.O.F.1ère Brigade ANNEXE IVModèle No 1 Article 8 de l’instruction ministerielledu 2 Février 1909, modifié par l’article 9 del’instruction du 29 Juillet 1926 (voir 3o modification du décembre 1930 BREVET DE CHEF DE SECTION La commission d’examen certifie qu’au point de vue de l’instruction militaire théorique et pratique et de l’aptitude au


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