Foreign Legion in the Sahara - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

24th August 2022, 04:31 PM

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kronckew

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Thanks CC! If I recall as a kid, our foreign legion 'uniform' was mostly a ball cap with a towel under it to cover our necks

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I remember buying a summer hat with a neck flap, and my first reaction wearing it was to hum Le Boudin*.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwM3oYi5ltQ

...And they still carry axes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yASlGCLkBSw

*- I was about 40

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