PHOTOS: 1re CSPL Platoon Leader badge in the Saharan Desert in 1958

This time I would like to share with you a very rare picture showing a sergeant serving as a platoon leader with the 1st Legion Saharan Motorized Company (1re CSPL) in the Sahara of Eastern Algeria, in the late 1950s. The unit was stationed at Fort Flatters at the time, an old French military post located close to the border with Libya. What’s rare in that picture is the insignia/badge worn by this NCO, above the company one.

As always in the PHOTO series, just click the image to enlarge it.

 

PS: Many thanks to Krzysztof Schramm, historian of the A.A.A.L.E. de Pologne Foreign Legion veteran association and the author of the book I regret nothing, who helped me with this article.

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