Foreign Legion in the Sahara

[Rick]

Hi Mark,
I believe the lanyard went around the officer's neck as illustrated in this photo of an RCMP officer in dress uniform. Note that the loop goes underneath the epaulette straps.

There used to be a b+w tv show series about The Legion from the fifties that I watched as a kid.
As I recall Buster Crabbe was the lead role.

Yes, I'm old.

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Rick

Hi Mark,
I believe the lanyard went around the officer's neck as illustrated in this photo of an RCMP officer in dress uniform. Note that the loop goes underneath the epaulette straps.

There used to be a b+w tv show series about The Legion from the fifties that I watched as a kid.
As I recall Buster Crabbe was the lead role.

Yes, I'm old.

OMG Rick!! I had forgotten about that TV series!!! Fantastic!

[Rick]

Et tu, Jim?
This was one of my favorite Saturday morning shows! lol

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Rick

Et tu, Jim?
This was one of my favorite Saturday morning shows! lol

The best thing about collecting stuff is that it takes ya back to those times and all the adventures you dreamed of, but having the 'real thing' in hand all these years later is amazing. I hadnt guessed you and I were in the same age (era) but sure sounds like we are.

[David R]

Some time ago I posted Gras Musketoon on the ethic page, so here is a link to that short conversation. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=gras

[fernando]

How would have been a legionaire and a native infantryman (tirailleur) circa 1840.


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[David R]

You might like this... Deserted Legion fort at Tazzougerte at the southern end of the Oued Guir river valley.

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by David R

Some time ago I posted Gras Musketoon on the ethic page, so here is a link to that short conversation. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=gras

That is an amazing piece David! thank you for sharing it and the link!
It is so interesting that these situations in this desert context with the Tuaregs and other Berber tribes in the Rif have so many similarities to the American wild west. The US soldiers in forts, the American Indian tribes.....and the Indian rifles decorated in the same manner with those brass studs.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

... It is so interesting that these situations in this desert context with the Tuaregs and other Berber tribes in the Rif have so many similarities to the American wild west....

With the due time span, Jim. The fort of Tazzougerte was built in 1926; by the time that airplanes were already flying; in a context where they have been sent to furnish water to the fort by throwing blocks of ice down to its outpost (Z Pechkoff 1926).
So modern is the "Beau Gest" saga. Please (again) try an keep track not beyond the 1900's ... as per forum scope .