France. A Pair Of Foreign Legion Legionnaire Second Class Shoulder Boards Auction Archive Oberbann Aufmarsch Bielefeld badge

Oberbann Aufmarsch Bielefeld badge

In December 1843

Slight enamel chipping to reverse green wreath otherwise good very fine condition

HARPELL 1980"

3 Canadian Field Ambulance on August 31

France. A Pair Of Foreign Legion Legionnaire Second Class Shoulder Boards Auction Archive Oberbann Aufmarsch Bielefeld badgeGreen embroidered insignia, on a black wool base, brass button marked "LGION TRANGRE" at the neck end, black cotton backer with two securing straps, 61 mm (w) x 138 mm (h) each, extremely fine. Footnote: The Second Class Legionnaire is equivalent to Private, with the holder addressed as "Legionnaire". A Recruit Volunteer receives this designation (it is not a rank officially) after the first four weeks of basic training at La ferme (The farm), if he