Scored a cool kepi with an unusual device. Not the Foreign Legion grenade so I asked around to find it's from the Compagnies Sahariennes or French camel cavalry that patrolled remote areas of French-held desert countries.
Also acted as regional law enforcement. Companies had 3 French officers, 36 French NCOs and around 300 native enlisted who were either arab or Tuareg - but not together.
(They tended to despise each other.)
Companies also fought Germans in WW2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9haristeI learn something new every day!
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