Indochina: 43rd Colonial Infantry Regiment

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

The insignia of the 43rd Colonial Infantry Regiment (43e Régiment d’Infanterie Coloniale - 43e R.I.C.), homologué H 382 12/04/1948 and not H 287 which corresponds to the 49th Infantry Regiment, manufacturer's error, Drago Paris:

 

 

43e régiment d'infanterie de marine — Wikipédia

 

In 1945, when it was recreated from the 18th Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment (18e RTS), it took the same insignia and added a palm won during the Battle of France of 1939-1940 (8 palms).

From 1946, he won another palm in Indochina. From 1947 to 1953, he participated in the pacification of the south and won the Croix de Guerre TOE (1 palm) which he would have featured on the ribbon of his Croix de Guerre (9 palms).

 

He was decorated with the Legion of Honour on July 5 1919, the Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 with 7 palms, the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 (1 palm), the Croix de Guerre TOE (1 palm), which he will feature on the ribbon of his Croix de Guerre (9 palms).

He wears the fourragère in the colour of the ribbon of the Legion of Honour with olives in the colours of the ribbon of the Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 and the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945.

 

Yours sincerely,

No one