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"Hell Hounds Of The Foreign Legion!" American magazine "Liberty" - 1932 |
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The Foreign Legion in Dahomey, Africa - 1892 |
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Colonial adventures in Africa and Tonkin Left and right: Le Petit Journal - 1907 Center: Journal Des Voyages - circa 1895 |
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"La Legion Etrangere" Official publications - 1912 and 1913 |
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Legion monthly newspaper - Morocco circa 1920's |
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German newsletter - circa 1920's |
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Legion monthy newspaper - Christmas 1935 |
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Left: Boys adventure magazine "The Triumph" - England 1929 Center: British magazine "Top-Notch" - circa 1930 Right: Chesterfield Cigarettes ad from Amercian "Literary Digest" - 1931 |
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Above and below: American men's magazine "Argosy" featuring various Foreign Legion covers from 1935 to 1938 |
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Left and right: American "Short Stories" digest from 1935 and 1940 respectively Center: "Adventure Thrill" issue No. 1 - 1930 |
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Left: "La Legion Etrangere" - 1939 Center: Kepi Blanc newspaper (forerunner to present-day monthly magazine) - circa 1947 Right: "Vert et Rouge" - 1951 |
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Left: British "Fast Fiction" magazine featuring P.C. Wren's classic "Beau Geste" - 1950 Center: American "All Star Fiction" - 1953 Right: Canadian newspaper magazine supplement - 1961 |
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Left and right: British war stories magazine "Commando" - late 1970's and 1980's Center: French Actor Fernandel on the cover of "Mon Film" movie magazine - 1950's |
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Foreign Legion adventure magazines from the 1960's (U.S.A.) |
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Rather racy and sensational Foreign Legion fiction stories from various For Men Only American magazines from the 1950's to the 1970's |
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German news magazine "Geschichte" |
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Left: French "Paris Match" magazine - 1950 Center: British "Sunday Times" newspaper supplement - 1981 Right: Bringing home the dead from Beirut - "Paris Match" 1983 |
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Above: Djibouti - "Soldier Of Fortune" 1978 (Below): "Faithful Unto Death" - 1990's |
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Above: Russian edition "Soldier Of Fortune" - 1999 (Below): "The New Foreign Legion" - 1996 |
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Above top: Inside pages of Russian S.O.F. Inset: My friend, retired Adjutant-Chef Mahjoubi ( blue T-shirt ), featured in Russian S.O.F. I'm proud to say that after his long and illustrious Legion career, A/C Mahjoubi chose to live in Canada. |
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Top Row: French magazine for military memorabilia collector's Middle: French military magazine "Raids" Below: Various French and German historical publications featuring the Foreign Legion |
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