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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Op 11 december 1941 stelde Capitaine Pierre Clément van het 4e DBLE in Saint Louis Senegal een certificaat op voor Sergent-chef Versteege.Hierin verzekerde hij dat Sergent-chef Versteege deel uit had gemaakt van het 11e REI en het recht had zich strijder in de oorlog van 1939-1940 te noemen en tevens het dragen van het Croix
ETAT DU VIETNAMMINISTEREDE LA DEFENSE NATIONALECHANCELLRIENo 48/QP/CA/HC “DECISION MINISTERIELLE” En Exécution des prescriptions du Décret No 95/DQT/HC, en date du 20 Mai 1952 portant délégation au Ministre de la Défense Nationale du pouvoir d’attribution de la Croix de la Vaillance Le Ministre des Travaux Publicset des CommunicationsMINISTRE DE LA DEFENSE NATIONALE p.i. AU NOM DE
In mid-October 1937 marechal de logis (M.D.L.) Avenelle of the 1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie, (1er REC ) wrote from Secteur Postal 405, Ouarzazate Maroc, a letter to Monsieur Georges Avenelle Architecte 37 rue Thiers in Rouen Seine Inférieure (Infre). Most likely the two were related. The whereabouts of the letter are not known but the cover