French Foreign Legion: Arms Contexts

Jim McDougall · 14th September 2025, 09:13 PM

One of the key edged weapon examples I think of sometimes mounted with bayonet blades would be the Moroccan s'boula. While native makers were entirely capable of making blades, with bayonet blades around, why not use them?

The sboula with red cord has a blade from what appears a Mannlicher-Berthier 1892 bayonet; the bayonet form.
Then a Chassepot 1874 bayonet sometimes found in the s'boula worn by Berber tribesmen in Morocco.
While the Foreign Legion was situated primarily in Algerian regions, the borders were of course diaphanous, and eventually the Legion did establish an outpost in Oudja, near that border but in Morocco.

14th September 2025, 09:13 PM	#9
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,734	Bayonet blades in Saharan weapons One of the key edged weapon examples I think of sometimes mounted with bayonet blades would be the Moroccan s'boula. While native makers were entirely capable of making blades, with bayonet blades around, why not use them? The sboula with red cord has a blade from what appears a Mannlicher-Berthier 1892 bayonet; the bayonet form. Then a Chassepot 1874 bayonet sometimes found in the s'boula worn by Berber tribesmen in Morocco. While the Foreign Legion was situated primarily in Algerian regions, the borders were of course diaphanous, and eventually the Legion did establish an outpost in Oudja, near that border but in Morocco. Attached Images Last edited by Jim McDougall; 15th September 2025 at 12:06 AM.