French Foreign Legion Parade Dress Uniform Epaulets

French Foreign Legion Insignia

(Légion étrangère)

A set of Epaulets as worn on the parade dress uniform of Legionaries.

Details as to this item can be found on the official web site of the Legion, listed below.

From the private collection of a former member of The Legion. (details will be provided if buyer requests).

The modern fourragère of the French Army is awarded to all members of military units which have been awarded a mention in despatches.

The fourragère is normally worn by members of a unit awarded the decoration. When they leave the unit, they have to relinquish the fourragère. However members who took part personally in the actions leading to the award of the fourragère can continue to wear the fourragère, even after leaving the unit. They can only wear a fourragère corresponding to the number of actions they actually took part in. Thus, if a member of a 5-mentions regiment leaves but took part in only two mentioned actions, he can only wear the croix de guerre fourragère and not the médaille militaire fourragère.

Reference:

http://foreignlegion.info/uniforms/