CFS/TFAI & GNA Militia in Djibouti

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

Brief history:

- 1887: Garde Indigène Méharistes
- 1910: Militia CFS then TFAI / Milice CFS puis TFAI
- 1970: Groupement Nomade Autonome TFAI / Groupement Nomade Autonome TFAI until 27 June 1977.

 

- CFS Militia type I Arthus-Bertrand:

 

 

- CFS Militia type II Arthus-Bertrand:

 

 

- TFAI Militia Arthus-Bertrand:

 

 

- TFAI Autonomous Nomadic Group:

 

 

 

Note: the CAIDD/CECAD instructors have taken over the GNA insignia but the spears are golden instead of silver.

 

For those interested futher reading (in French)

 

 

 

Laurent Depui, also known by the Arabic name of Chérif Ibrahim and sometimes nicknamed the "French Lawrence of Arabia", born in 1878 in Besançon and died in 1947 in Tunisia, was an officer in the French army and a diplomat who was very active in the Arab world during the interwar period. Laurent Depui — Wikipédia (wikipedia.org)

 

 

 

 

Note:  chamelière: narrow track used by caravans. Boya is on the Ethiopian border at the foot of Moussa Ali. Mousa Ali - Wikipedia

 

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Yours sincerely,

No one