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French Kepi, need help with this one
Last edited by Aragorn243; 04-30-2022 at 09:33 PM.
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04-30-2022 08:57 PM
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Are you sure it isn't Foreign Legion?
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I don't think so. They used white. Originally, they had blue but put white covers on them. With this one most likely being a late date, they did away with the covers and just made them white from the start.
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Come now, anyone who's read Simon Murray should know that NCO's wear the blue kepis.
You may be right about the originals being just covers Aragon, but I believe the "kepis blanc" was on issue by the 1930s if not before.
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I can't say, I've learned some but not all. This is a junior lieutenants cap. Could be infantry, could be Foreign Legion I guess. The one gold band at the top denotes the rank. A full lieutenant would have two bands and each succeeding rank another or another type.
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Only time I have seen those worn, were by FFL Officers if that helps possibly 40/50/60's issue.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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I do have to admit a French Foreign Legion hat is more interesting than a French Infantry hat. When I do image searches, there are more under FFL than FI but that might be because everyone wants an FFL hat.
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Still pretty sure it's standard French Infantry. The emblem on an FFL has a hollow center and the side buttons actually say Legion along with something I can't make out on them.
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